Attorney Profile

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Wrongful Death
• Commercial Litigation

Certification/Specialties

• Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 1976
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1976

Education

• Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1976
  J.D.
  
  
• Cornell University, 1976
  M.B.A.
  
  
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971
  A.B.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  
  
• University of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany, 1971
  
  

Published Works

• Doctor Sues His Patient Arizona Bar Journal, 1976
• Prize Indemnity and Contribution Arizona Bar Journal, 1981

Representative Cases

• Fowler v. Great American Ins. Co., 124 Ariz. 111 (App. 1979)
• Manning v. Summit Home Ins. Co., 128 Ariz. 79 (App. 1980)
• Smedberg v. Simons, 129 Ariz. 375 (1981)
• Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Duzykowski, 131 Ariz. 428 (1982)
• Sahadi v. Mid-Century Ins. Co., 132 Ariz. 422 (App. 1982)
• Fire Ins. Exchange v. Berray, 143 Ariz. 429 (App. 1983)
• DeGroot v. Arizona Racing Commission, 141 Ariz. 331 (App. 1984)
• Henderson v. Gardner Mechanical Contractors, 148 Ariz. 398 (App. 1985)
• Kema Steel, Inc. v. Home Ins. Co., 153 Ariz. 315 (App. 1986)
• Main I Ltd. v. Venture Capital Const., 154 Ariz. 256 (App. 1987)

Representative Clients

• Farron Insurance
• Symington Company
• Thunderbird Bank

References

• Thunderbird Bank
• Valley National Bank

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Phoenix Association of Defense Counsel, 1990 - Present
  
  
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  
• Paradise Valley Town Council, 1992 - 1994
  Member
  
  
• Paradise Valley Town Council, 1994 - 1996
  Vice-Mayor
  
  
• Maricopa County Superior Court
  Pro Temp Judge
  
  

Languages

• German

Birth Information

• August 25, 1949, Buffalo, New York, United States of America