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Education
L.L.B., Harvard Law School, 1960
B.A., Antioch College, 1957
Clerkships
Supreme Court of Arizona, Justice Lorna E. Lockwood, 1960-1961
Professional Recognitions and Awards
American Bar Association, Mike Franck Award for Professional Responsibility, 1996
State Bar of Arizona, Walter E. Craig Award, 2002
Peggy Goldwater Award, presented by Planned Parenthood of Central & Northern Arizona, 2003
University of Arizona, Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Convocation Award, 2003
University of Arizona, Law College Association Appreciation Award, 2003
Judge Learned Hand Award for Community Service, Arizona Chapter of American Jewish Committee, March 2005
University of Arizona, Alumni Association Honorary Alumnus Award, 2007
State Bar of Arizona, Award of Special Merit, 1993
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial, 2004-2007
The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, editions 1995-2008
Marquis' Who's Who in America®
Marquis' Who's Who in American Law®
Marquis' Who's Who in Arizona®
Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Ethics/Professional Liability
Litigation
Bar Admissions
Arizona, 1961
Colorado, 1991
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the District of Arizona, 1961
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits, 1965
United States Supreme Court, 1968
Arizona Supreme Court, 1961
Professional Activities
Maricopa County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1966-1971; President, 1970
State Bar of Arizona, Board of Governors, 1971-1977; President, 1975-1976; Ethics Committee, 1968-1974; Supreme Court Special Committee on Lawyer Discipline and Professional Conduct, 1983-1984; State Bar Committee on Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1981-1983; State Bar Committee on Professionalism, Member, 1988- ; State Bar Professionalism Course Committee, Chair, 1988-1993; Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Judicial Conduct, 2000; Ethical Rules Review Group, 2001-2003; Supreme Court Taskforce on Rules Relating to Lawyer Discipline, 2002-2003
Arizona Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow; Board of Directors, Member, 1984-1992; President, 1991
Western States Bar Conference, President, 1978-1979
National Conference of Bar Presidents, Executive Council, 1971-1973, 1975-1978; President, 1977-1978
American Bar Association, State Delegate, House of Delegates, 1981-1984; State Bar Delegate, House of Delegates, 1978-1981, 1997-2000; Assembly Delegate, House of Delegates, 1987-1996; Antitrust Section; Litigation Section; Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities (Council Member, 1983-1989); Section of Torts and Insurance Practice (Council Member, 1989-1992); Commission on Women in the Profession, 1994-1997; ABA Commission on Public Understanding About the Law Chairman and Member, 1984-1987; Brown v. Board of Education Commission, Member, 2003- ; Standing Committee on Professional Discipline Member, 1975-1984, Chairman, 1982-1984; ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct, Member, Editorial Board, 1984-1987; ABA Committee on Professionalism, Chairman, 1987-1989; Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability, Member, 1992-1994; ABA Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Member, Advisory Council, 1997-1999; Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Member, 1999-2002; ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Code of Judicial Conduct, Chair, 2002-2007
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow, President, 1993-1994
The Order of Barristers (Appellate Advocacy Honorary Society)
American Judicature Society, Board of Directors, 1981-1987; Executive Committee, 1983-1986
American Board of Trial Advocates
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Founding Member and Board of Directors, 1974-1983
Sandra Day O'Connor Inn of Court LXIII, Master, President, 1993-1994
Member, American Law Institute (Members Consultative Group, Restatement of the Law, The Law Governing Lawyers)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Member, National Council, 1997-
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Member, Board of Directors, 2002-
University of Arizona, College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics, 1994-1997
Arizona State University, College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics, 2001-
Justice For All, Founding Member and President, 2005-
Community Activities
Careers for Youth, Board of Directors, 1963-1967; President, 1966-1967
Democratic Party of Arizona, Executive Committee, 1964-1974; Vice Chairman, 1968-1970; Legal Counsel, 1970-1972
Phoenix Citizens Bond Advisory Commission, Chairman, 1975-1979
Phoenix Environmental Quality Commission, Member, 1972-1975
Valley Commerce Association, President, 1978
Camelback Mental Health Foundation Member, Board of Trustees, 1979-1987; Vice President, 1982-1984
Harvard Law School Association, Member, National Executive Council, 1980-1984
Planned Parenthood of Northern Arizona, Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996; President, 1995; Board of Trustees, 1997-
Teach for America, Member, Advisory Committee (Arizona), 1995-1998
University of Arizona College of Law Board of Visitors, Member, 1995-
University of Arizona Law College Association Board of Directors, Member, 1995- ; President, 2002-2003
Arizona State University Law Society, Board of Directors, 1999-
Arizona Friends of Talking Books, President, 2000-2001; Board Member, 2000-2003
Jazz in Arizona, Inc., Board of Directors, 2000-2002
Arizona Policy Forum, Board of Directors, 2000-2002
Publications and Presentations
Arizona Appellate Practice, Co-author, 1966
Actions Against Insurer for Bad Faith Failure to Settle Claim, 21 Am. Jur. Trials 229, Co-author, 1974
Standards for Lawyer Discipline and Disability Proceedings, 11 Capital U.L.R. 529, 1982
An Overview: The New Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct, 20 Arizona Bar Journal 8, 1985
LLPs Are Just Another Star Wars! 39 S. Tex. L.R., 633, 1998
Co-author (Mary Gray Davidson), Ethical Implications of Partnerships and Other Associations Involving American and Foreign Lawyers, 22 Penn St. Int'l L. Rev. 4 (2004)
Co-author (Sara Greene, Keith Swisher, Meghan Grabel), On the Validity and Vitality of Arizona's Judicial Merit Selection System: Past, Present, and Future, XXXIV, No. 1 Fordham Urb. L.J. 239 (2007)
The 2007 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct: Blueprint for a Generation of Judges, Vol. 28 The Justice Journal, No. 3 (2007) |
