This program will provide instruction on handling Registrar of Contractors (ROC) complaints at the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), from case initiation through judicial review actions. The presentation will discuss the different types of ROC cases and will provide helpful practice pointers for attorneys handling any matters at OAH. It will also touch on the process for seeking judicial review of administrative decisions.
Attendees will gain insights on:
- Practical differences between contested cases and appealable agency actions;
- Timeline of administrative cases;
- OAH hearing process and procedure; and
- Appeals and stays of final agency decisions under amended JRAD statutes.
Faculty:
Greg Hanchett, OAH Director
Chance Peterson, ROC General Counsel
Gregory L Hanchett, Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings
was appointed as acting director of the Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings on January 26, 2015. Mr. Hanchett has over 20 years of experience as an administrative law judge in the states of Arizona and Montana. He has presided over cases in various areas of administrative law including professional and occupational licensing, water quality appeals, procurement, Arizona Registrar of Contractors cases, employment discrimination, collective bargaining, and worker's compensation. He is a member of the National Conference of the Administrative Law Judiciary (NCALJ) and the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary (NAALJ). Prior to becoming an administrative law judge in 1999, Mr. Hanchett spent 10 years as a prosecutor engaging in both trial and appellate work. He has taught at seminars for lawyers and judges on substantive administrative law issues, appellate advocacy and substantive criminal law matters.
Chance Peterson, Assistant Chief Counsel, Registrar of Contractors
joined the Registrar of Contractors in January 2018. As General Counsel, he leads an amazing team of attorneys, paralegals and legal assistants in handling the agency's administrative matters and its regulation of over 40,000 licensees. Prior to coming to the Registrar, Chance was an associate attorney at the ASU Alumni Law Group, and owned his own practice focusing on civil and consumer law. Chance received his JD in 2014 from the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he was Senior Articles Editor for Jurimetrics - The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, and received a Certificate in Law and Sustainability. Chance is the past chair of the Arizona State Bar's Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section.