bio

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• J.D.,  University of Virginia School of Law, 1979
• B.A., magna cum laude, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1976

• Arizona,  1982
• District of Columbia, 1980
• Virginia, 1979

• 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

• 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

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)

• 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