Admitted
1983, Arizona; 1985, District of Columbia
Law School
De Paul University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Indiana University, B.A., cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Maricopa County Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona (Member: Real Property and Appellate (Past Chair, Executive Council) Sections; Past Chairman, Editorial Board, Arizona Attorney Magazine); Anti-Defamation League (Past Chairman, Arizona Regional Board); National Association of Public Pension Attorneys; Arizona Hate Crimes Task Force (Past Chair)
Biographical
Recipient: National Winner, 1979 Moeller Prize for Legal Writing; Arizona Attorney General's Civil Rights Award, 1997; ADL Community Relations Award, 1997; Central Arizona Hate Crimes Review Board Award, 1997. Article and Note Editor, De Paul Law Review, 1982-1983. Author: Your Rights As A Consumer: Legal Tips For Savvy Purchases Of Goods, Services And Credit , Career Press (2d ed. 1994); The $5000 Complaint: Why The Rule In Creasy's Case May Signal Adoption of UPL Regulation, Arizona Attorney (June, 2001); The Enemy Within: Detecting and Fighting Administrator Fraud, Arizona Attorney (January 2001); Learned Hand For a Day: The Rewards of Division One's Pro Tem Program, Arizona Attorney (June 1997); The Case for Hate Crime Legislation, Arizona Attorney (March 1996); Eek! Run For Your Lives! It's The Equity Suckers!!: Don't Get Bitten By This Latest Bankruptcy Beast, Arizona Attorney (November 1993); The Refinancing Trap: The Hidden Peril Of Refinancing Home Mortgage Debt, Arizona Attorney (May 1993); COLA Wars: The Ongoing Battle To Eliminate Cost-Of-Living Adjustments To The Pensions Of Arizona Retirees, Arizona Attorney (June 1991); The Five Bases of Third-party Lender Liability: Let the Lender Beware, Arizona Attorney (February 1991); Overtime Compensation v. Pension Benefits: Will Arizona Public Employees Be Denied One To Achieve The Other? State Bar of Arizona CLE Monograph (1986); The Happy Demise Of Constructive Incorporation, Arizona Bar Journal (October 1986); Illinois Multi-State Plaintiff Class Actions: Abrogation Of Jurisdictional Limitations On State Sovereignty, 31 DePaul Law Review 471 (1982). Judge Pro Tem, Arizona Court of Appeals, 1995—. Attorney Conference Team Member, Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance. Faculty, State Bar Professionalism Course, Arizona Appellate Practice Institute. Fellow: Arizona Bar Foundation. Master, Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court. (Certified Specialist, Real Estate Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization)