Shareholder (1999 – present)

Recruiting Committee Chair (2009-Present)

• Practice includes all aspects of civil/commercial litigation, including trial and appellate work in state and federal courts and before various administrative agencies; intellectual property; and constitutional law. 
• Cases have included both federal and state court proceedings, as well as complex case proceedings in the Maricopa County Superior Court.
• Illustrative cases include:
• Co-lead trial attorney in successful defense of 43 Million-Dollar legal malpractice matter litigated in the United States District Court for the Arizona District;
• The representation of major university and professors in multi-party litigation brought by the Havasupai Tribe and various tribal members;
• Representation in defense of Presiding Criminal Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court in successful defense of Civil RICO claims in the United Stated District Court for the District of Arizona;
• Representation of the Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, as well as other Superior Court Judges and Commissioners in constitutional challenge to the Spanish Speaking and Native American DUI Courts in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; 
• Lead counsel in defense of numerous trademark and copyright infringement matters litigated in United States District Court;
• Lead trial defense counsel in re-trial and reversal of $10 Million medical malpractice verdict;
• Lead counsel in $3 Million product liability settlement;
• Lead trial attorney in $1.5 Million wrongful death verdict;
• Lead counsel in numerous inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board, including opposition and cancellation proceedings.
  
• Transactional work has included the preparation and prosecution of trademark applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, intellectual property agreements, assignments, and licenses.
• Outside counsel to the Judicial Merit Commission of the Maricopa County Superior Court.

Bar Admissions and Professional Associations/Recognitions

Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Arizona (1993), United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1994), United States Patent and Trademark Office (1994) and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2004).

Member of the American Bar Association, State Bar of Arizona, and Maricopa County Bar Association. 

Education

• J.D., Arizona State University College of Law (1993)
• Editor, Moot Court Board (1992-1993)
• Outstanding Oral Advocate Award (1993)
• Regional Champion, National Trial Advocacy Competition (1992)           

Professional Recognition

• Listed in Southwest SuperLawyer (2010)
• “Top Lawyer—Intellectual Property”  Arizona Business Magazine (July 2009)
• “Top Lawyer—Product Liability” Arizona Business Magazine (July 2009)
• “Future Star”—Benchmark Litigation Guide (2009)

Professional Publications and Presentations

• “Trial Nuts and Bolts:  Putting on Your Case” (MCBA, February 2010)
• “Arguing Briefs Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.” (MCBA, October 2008)
• “What Do I Do Now? The impact of Barfield and Jonovich on Medical Liens.” (MCBA, January 2004);
• “Choosing, Using, and Protecting A Name,” Arizona Small Business Conference (1997);
• “A Trademark Primer For Small Business,” Bid Source (December 1997);
• “What Every Practitioner Needs To Know About Trademark, Copyright, and Patent Law.” (1999);
• “Foundation” (2000);
• Contributing Editor--MCBA Statutes of Limitation Guide, Second Edition (1993);
• Contributing Author -- Nichols on Eminent Domain, Matthew Bender (1994).