Mediator Resume

Accomplished attorney and former state trial judge with over 33 years of experience in complex commercial, civil, and tort litigation. Extensive experience handling matters involving contracts, construction, healthcare, environmental law, insurance, real estate, employment, corporate compliance, trade secrets, and professional malpractice. Served 18 years on the bench in one of the nation’s busiest courts, presiding over hundreds of bench and jury trials and conducting numerous successful settlement conferences. Extensive experience with cannabis cases including licensing, production, manufacturing, partnership, ownership and dispensary disputes.

ConvergentADR - Mediator and Arbitrator

Mediator, Arbitrator, Discovery Dispute Arbitrator, Litigation Strategist

Mediator/Arbitrator, ConvergentADR, 2022 - Present; Superior Court Judge, Maricopa County, 2004 - 2022; Partner/Counsel, Bryan Cave, 1999 - 2004; Partner, Anderson Kill & Olick, 1998 - 1999; Assistant Federal Public Defender, 1991 - 1998; Associate, Lewis and Roca, 1989 - 1991.

Over 33 years of experience handling complex commercial disputes, construction disputes, consumer disputes. Served 18 years as a state trial judge. Conducted hundreds of trials including bench and jury trials with a docket that included complex commercial and business matters. Also presided over simple to complex tort and professional malpractice cases. Served on civil (twice), family, juvenile and criminal calendars. Conducted numerous successful settlement conferences when presiding on a civil calendar.

Conducted numerous successful civil settlement conferences while serving as a judge and sought out by colleges to conduct settlement conferences. Conducted numerous private mediations after retiring as a judge and conduct settlement conferences for the State Bar of Arizona.

Mediations have included construction defect, insurance bad faith insurance, business torts, contract disputes, partnership disputes, healthcare and billing fraud, professional malpractice and discipline, trade secrets theft, sexual harassment and assault, residential and commercial real estate disputes, wrongful death, personal injury and complex commercial disputes.

Mediations require an ad hoc approach that requires use of both facilitative and evaluative styles depending on the nature of the dispute and the dynamics of the individuals involved.

Presided in cases involving emerging technologies as well as e-discovery and intensive computer forensic issues.

University of Arizona (JD - 1989); University of Arizona (BA, with honors, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa - 1985), Pomona College (1985 - 1986).

Admitted to the Bar: Arizona (1989); US Court of Appeals: 9th Circuit.

State Bar of Arizona; Arizona Women Lawyers Association; Retired Member, Arizona Judges Association (Past President).

Asked to speak routinely regarding professional responsibility and trial practice skills. Adjunct Trial Practice Faculty, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law teaching trial practice and assisting with mock trials and guest lecturer on professional responsibility.

Arizona

Hourly Rate: $700.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $700.00/hr Cancellation: $700.00/hr Cancellation Period: 14 Days Comment:

English

United States of America

Phoenix, Arizona