Emphasis on Business Law
Kleindienst Law, P.L.C., 3900 East Camelback Road, Suite 300, Phoenix, AZ 85018
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Education
- J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1979
- B.A., magna cum laude, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1976
Bar Admissions
- Arizona, 1982
- District of Columbia, 1980
- Virginia, 1979
Community Involvement
- Arizona Bach Festival
- Board Member
- Arizona Citizens for the Arts
- Board Member and Secretary
- Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce
- General Counsel and Board Member, 2005 - 2016
- Arizona Investment Council
- Board Member, 1998 - 2012
- Arizona Licensor/Franchisor Association
- Past President and Board Member
- Valley Leadership
- Class XIII, Graduate
- Past Board Member
- Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations
- Past Board Member
- All Saints Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona
- Past Parish Chancellor and Vestry Member
- Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California
- Past Board Member
Professional Memberships & Affiliations
- State Bar of Arizona
- Business Law Section, Past Chair and Board Member
- Peer Review Committee, Past Member
- American Bar Association
- Business Law Section
- Forum on Franchising
- Health Law Section
- Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers
- Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments
- Past Member
- Arizona Commission on Judical Performance Review
- Past Member
- Arizona Women Lawyers Association, Maricopa Chapter
- Past President and Steering Committee Member
- Federal Bar Association
- Past President
- United District Court, District of Arizona
- Task Force on Gender Bias, Past Member
- Civil Justice Reform Act Task Force, Past Member
Selected Publications and Presentations
Looking Over the Horizon: The Future of Health Care M & A -- Co-presenter in Polsinelli Webinar (September 2013)
"Deal Risk" Management Strategies -- Co-presenter in presentation to Arizona Association of Health Care Lawyers (January 2012)
I'm Not in the Health Care Business, So How Will Health Reform Affect My Business? -- Co-presenter in presentations to Arizona State Bar Business Law Section (October 2010) and Fennemore Craig Webinar (November 2010)
Is Your Client's Business a Franchise? -- Presentation to Arizona State Bar Business Law Section (November 2002)
Can the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Override Express Contract Terms? -- Arizona State Bar Business Law Section, The Arizona Business Lawyer (November 2002)
The Unsuspecting Franchise -- Presentation to Maricopa County Bar Association Corporate Counsel Division (February 2002)
Elements of the Agreement - Documenting the Transaction -- Speaker at CLE International Seminar "Buying and Selling a Business" (November 1999)
The Party Platform: Disclosure Duties in a Contentious World -- Co-Presenter, American Bar Association Forum on Franchising (October 1996)
Past Employment
- Polsinelli, P.C. (Phoenix, Arizona office)
- Of Counsel, 2017 - 2019
- Shareholder, 2011 - 2016
- Fennemore Craig (Phoenix, Arizona office)
- Shareholder & Director, 1999 - 2011
- Jennings, Strouss and Salmon (Phoenix, Arizona office)
- Partner, 1987 - 1999
- Associate, 1982 - 1986
- Brownstein Zeidman and Schomer (Washington, D.C,)
- Associate, 1979 - 1982