Bar Admissions. 1984, Arizona.

Professional Activities and Experience. Over twenty-five years of litigation experience in federal and state courts and arbitration tribunals. Practice focuses primarily on litigation involving professional liability, real property, financial institutions, trust and estate litigation, commercial disputes, title insurance and escrow.  Heavy emphasis on trial practice. 

Member, American Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Health Care Litigation Committee, Section of Litigation).  Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Court; American Arbitration Association – commercial arbitrator.

Selected for The Best Lawyers in America (2003 – 2010) (Business Litigation)
Designated as one of the Top Fifty Lawyers in Arizona by Southwest Super Lawyers (2008 – 2010); Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America.

Education and Honors. Creighton University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1981; University of Iowa, J.D., with highest distinction, 1984: Order of the Coif.

Publications/Presentations. Author: “Baker v. Gardner, Judicial Legislation in a Vacuum?” 25 Arizona Attorney No. 11, p. 17 (July 1989); Co‑Author: “Arizona’s Deficiency Laws: When is a Deficiency Judgment Available and How is One Obtained?” 28 Arizona Attorney No. 8, P.23 (April, 1992); “Landlords’ Remedies For Monetary Breaches of Commercial Leases,” 3 Trial Practice, No. 2 Arizona State Bar, Spring/Summer 1992; “The Expanding Nature of the Escrow Agent’s Duties; The Judicial Pendulum Has Swung Too Far,” Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Co‑Author); “How To Win ‑ and Oppose ‑ Attorneys’ Fees Motions; The Practical Litigator; Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1994; “Arizona Legislature Redefines Corporate Attorney‑Client Privilege,” Insurance Journal, September 5, 1994; “The New Federal Disclosure and Limited Discovery Rules,” Arizona Attorney, December 1994; “Key Objections for Every Trial,” American Bar Association Annual Meeting, August 1996; “Admissible Ultimate Issue Expert Testimony or Improper Legal Opinion: Where Is the Line to Be Drawn?” American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, April 1997; “Logerquist – Anything Goes in Arizona,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, May 2001; “Key Evidentiary Issues in Health Care Cases,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, April 2002; “How Juries Decide Cases,” American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual Meeting, April 2003.

Public Service/Community Affairs. Director, Childsplay.