Admitted
1972, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; The Tribal Court of the White Mountain Apache Tribe; U.S. District Court, Eastern Distri
Law School
The University of Arizona, J.D., 1972
Law School Graduation Year
1972
College
Drake University, B.S., 1969
Memberships
Pima County Bar Association (Chairperson, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section); State Bar of Arizona (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law; Environmental and Natural Resource Law; Business Law and Corporate and Business Litigation Subsection); Federal Bar Association (Charter Member, Tucson Chapter; Executive Committee, Treasurer, Vice President, and President); Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards for Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction; University Scholarship Honors; The University of Arizona Alumni Association Distinguished Citizen Award. Lecturer, Basic Business Law, Department of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, The University of Arizona. Member of Faculty: U.S. Attorney Generals' Advocacy Institute; National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law: Trial Practice; Pretrial Litigation; Federal Criminal Law and Procedure, James E Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona. Trial Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Honors Program). Special Attorney, District of New Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney. Chief, Controlled Substances Unit and Chief, Civil Section, District of Arizona, Tucson. U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award. Judge Pro Tempore, Pima County Superior Court, 1993—. Criminal Justice Act Panel, 1989—. Licensed Real Estate Salesman, Arizona. Member, Board of Arbitrators, NASD Regulation, Inc., 1997—. Member: Board of Visitors, College of Law; Board of Directors and Investment Vice President, Secretary, President Elect, and President, Law College Association, James E. Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona. Member, Board of Directors, The University of Arizona Alumni Association. Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Tucson Chapter. Member, Greater Tucson Leadership. Lawyer Representative and Chair, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee. Member, Local Rules Committee for the District of Arizona, 2001—. Chairperson, Merit Selection Committee for U.S. Magistrate Judges. Member, U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society and Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society. Selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation. Member, Morris K. Udall Inn of Court. Fellow, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Educat