Education and Licenses

Bachelor’s degree, Accounting, 1982, University of Arizona.

Law degree 1985, University of San Diego School of Law

State Bar of Arizona (License No. 10334)

State Bar of California (License No. 129483)

State Bar of New Mexico (License No. 153889)

United States Supreme Court

Supreme Court of Arizona

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

United States District Court-Arizona

Arizona  Licensed Fiduciary (AZ license No. 20813)

Professional

President, Pima County Bar Assn. 2008-2009

AV rated attorney since 1999 by Martindale Hubbell – highest professional and ethical rating.

Lawyer Representative for the Ninth Circuit - Term 2007-2010

Vice-Chairman  of Tucson City Court Judicial Merit Selection Committee 2020

Chairman, State Bar Sole Practitioner’s Section (Southern Arizona), 2003-2005

State Bar Fee Arbitrator, 1999 to 2020

Boss of the Year - Nat’l Assn of Legal Professionals 1994;

Seminar Speaker: Federal Criminal Appeals; Law Office Management; Fee Arbitration; Ethics;
Crime Victim’s Rights; Service of Process on Foreign Defendants; Representing Spanish
Speaking Clients’ Doing Business in Mexico; Representing Mentally Incompetent Defendants in
Federal Court; The Art of Direct Examination; The Settlement Process; The Hearsay Rule;

Experience

Civil - Successfully represented hundreds of state and federal civil clients in areas of contracts, conservatorships, construction, estate planning, guardianships, all areas of contested probates, trusts and wills, business and commercial litigation, bankruptcy, personal injury, civil rights, employment, real estate, landlord-tenant, qui tam, employment law, Federal Miller Act litigation, administrative matters before Board of Medical Examiners, Board of Nursing Examiners, Department of Transportation, Judicial Commission, Arizona Law Enforcement Boards, University of Arizona Disciplinary Board, Arizona Secretary of State (notaries), Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and other state and federal boards. Many civil trials.

Criminal - Successfully handled more than 350 major federal and state felony cases including conspiracy, narcotics, murder, rape, perjury, fraud (mortgage, Social Security, insurance, mail fraud), counterfeiting, bank robbery, firearms, embezzlement, immigration, assault, federal death penalty habeas corpus. All manner of misdemeanors, domestic violence, DUIs and juvenile cases. Many federal and state trials.

Victims- Represented numerous victims of elder abuse, exploitation, and fraud.