Since 1980, Mr. Ouimette has practiced in the area of complex commercial litiga¬tion, including real estate, land use, securities, professional liability, business torts, property and casualty insurance, liability insurance, title insurance, and general corporate and business disputes. He also has experience in litigation of issues regarding public utilities, employment termination, lender liability, municipal law, administrative law, Indian law, taxation and commerce, and landlord-tenant disputes.

Mr. Ouimette is a 1979 graduate of the Stanford Law School. He received his B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and his M.A. degree in English Literature from the Claremont Graduate School in Clare¬mont, California. After graduating from law school, Mr. Ouimette served as an Instructor in legal research and legal writing at the University of Oregon School of Law. He then practiced for nine years with the Phoenix law firm of Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, P.C. before joining Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A. in 1989.

Mr. Ouimette is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Arizona, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Panel of Commercial Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association.