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Mr. Yurk joined the firm in 2005 and concentrates his practice on federal and state appeals, complex civil litigation, and legal ethics and lawyer discipline. He received his J.D. from Arizona State University College of Law in 1998 and is admitted in all Arizona state and federal courts as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Yurk currently serves on the State Bar's Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and has spoken at several seminars regarding professional conduct and ethics.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Appeals
Complex Litigation
General Civil Litigation
EDUCATION
Arizona State University College of Law
J.D., 1998
Northwestern University
B.A., Economics, 1990
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arizona
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Carson Messinger Elliott Laughlin & Ragan, P.L.L.C.
1999 to 2005
Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C.
1998 to 1999
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Arizona (Member, Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct)
Defense Research Institute
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
CIVIC/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Court
President, Northwestern University Club of Phoenix
Official (high school football), Arizona Interscholastic Association
HONORS & AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell BV® Rating
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Presenter, "Ethics 911: Inside the Ethics Hotline," State Bar of Arizona, February 2007 & January 2008. | 