• The regular representation of the largest Phoenix-area title companies and their insureds in the defense of escrow and title liability claims.

• Co-author of the successful amicus curiae brief submitted on the behalf of the Land Title Association of Arizona in Luce v. State Title Agency, Inc., 190 Ariz. 500, 950 P.2d 159 (App. 1997), in which the Arizona Court of Appeals held that an escrow agent, who had recorded certain documents as a courtesy to an out-of-state escrow agent, owed no duty of care to the parties to the underlying real estate transaction.

• Negotiation and documentation of a court-approved class action settlement involving claims by certified state-wide class alleging improper escrow fees.

• Obtained dismissal of escrow negligence lawsuit seeking indemnity for $10 million specific performance claim.

• Recovered embezzled monies in multi-state prejudgment garnishment and escrow fraud proceedings that also resulted in imprisonment of the defendant.

Education

• University of Arizona (B.A. high distinction 1976; J.D. 1979)
• Article and Note Editor for the Arizona Law Review
• Outstanding First-Year Writer's Award,  Arizona Law Review

Court Admissions

• State Bar of Arizona
• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Memberships and Activities

• American Bar Association - Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Litigation Sections
• State Bar of Arizona - Real Estate Law Section
• Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee of the State Bar of Arizona - former Chair
• Disciplinary Commission of the Arizona Supreme Court - former Volunteer Bar Counsel

Other Professional Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Guest Lecturer, Arizona State University Master of Real Development Program
• Law Clerk to Honorable Joe W. Contreras of the Arizona Court of Appeals
• Judge Pro Tempore, Arizona Court of Appeals

Publications

• "The Duties of Title Insurers in the Non-Insurance Context," published in the Arizona Bar's Real Property Section Journal and re-published by the American Bar Association in the Title Insurance Litigation Committee's Newsletter.
• “The Attorney ‘No-Comment’ Rules and the First Amendment,” Arizona Law Review.
• “Double Jeopardy and Successive Prosecutions by Tribal and Federal Courts,” Arizona Law Review.
• Co-Editor, Symposium: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Arizona Law Review.

Community Activities

• Chair, Beatitudes Campus Foundation
• Immediate Past Chair of Board of Directors, Beatitudes Campus, a residential and health care community for the elderly
• Former Member, Phoenix Arts Commission
• Past Chair, Chris-Town YMCA
• Former Member, Madison Educational District Foundation