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Ms. Wieneke has been with the firm since 1986 and a partner since 1993. She practices in the areas of governmental liability defense, road design, police, and corrections, employment, insurance, insurance bad faith, life and health insurance law. Ms. Wieneke received her law degree, with High Distinction, from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1986. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, the American Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) and the Arizona Women Lawyers Association. Ms. Wieneke is a Judge Pro Tem for Maricopa County and is admitted to practice in Arizona, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability
Civil Rights Defense
Employment Law
Government Relations
Governmental Liability
Insurance Coverage and Fraud
Life, Health, Disability and ERISA
Prisoner's Rights Defense
Product Liability Defense
Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Defense
EDUCATION
University of Arizona
J.D., with High Distinction, 1986
Arizona State University
B.A. Speech Communications, Summa Cum Laude, 1983
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arizona, 1986
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.
Summer Associate, 1985
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Board of Trial Advocates
American Bar Association
State Bar of Arizona
Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Court
Judge Pro Tem, Yavapai County Superior Court
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
CIVIC/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Faculty, Arizona Trial College
Boy Scouts of America
Corpus Christi Catholic Church
OUTSIDE RECOGNITION
Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals, Honor's Edition (2006-2007)
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Co-author, "Attorney Malpractice in Claims Handling and Settlement Presenter, "Guns, Law Enforcement and the ADA: A Recipe for Disaster?" Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel Convention, Scottsdale, Spring 2007
Strategy: Avoiding the Road to Liability," Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Spring 1997. | 