2025 Arizona College of Trial Advocacy

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represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial disputes, personal injury matters, and general civil litigation.
An Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Dan has practiced law since 1996. He has first-chair experience in more than 30 state and federal civil jury trials and more than 250 arbitration hearings. Areas of practice include civil conspiracy, contract disputes, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death. Dan has successfully argued before the Arizona Court of Appeals.
Dan is also routinely engaged as a private mediator and arbitrator.
For the State Bar of Arizona, Dan presently serves as the co-chair for the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy (an intensive five-day workshop teaching lawyers), as an arbitrator for the Fee Arbitration Program (adjudicating fee disputes between clients and attorneys), and on the Civil Jury Instructions Committee (updating the Revised Arizona Jury Instructions – Civil).
A Pennsylvania native who moved to Arizona in 1984, Dan graduated from Arizona State University in 1992 with a degree in political science and earned his law degree at the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1996.
Dan has earned the AV-Preeminent rating with Martindale-Hubbell®, and is a four-time Super Lawyers honoree.

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Susan Corey grew up in a military family, graduated from high school in the Philippines and earned a track scholarship to Oklahoma State University (800, 4x400, cross country). She attended law school at the University of Tulsa and was a member of the Law Review. With Terry Adams, she argued her first capital case in the Arizona Supreme Court in 1995. The case was reversed for re-sentencing.

Partnered with the incomparable Garrett Simpson, she asserted, in both the Trial Court and the Arizona Supreme Court, that Arizona’s capital statute was unconstitutional, based on their intensive investigation revealing that nearly every first-degree murder has at least one aggravating factor. The statute has since been modified by the legislature, eliminating some aggravators. In 2018, she received an outstanding performance award from APDA. In 2019 she received the David Goldberg Award for excellence in capital litigation. She is a Board Member at the Arizona Bar’s Trial College, teaches capital voir dire in Colorado and Arizona and is an adjunct professor at ASU. Her greatest joy is her son, an officer in the US Army, whose tremendous talents and great heart make her proud every day.

Jorge Franco Related Seminars and Products

is a senior equity member of the Phoenix/New Mexico law firm of Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod, LLC where he has been a partner since 1996. Although originally from Philadelphia, PA he is a 1991 graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Western Michigan University. He is also a graduate of the Arizona State Bar College of Trial Advocacy (’94) and the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (’95). Mr. Franco’s practice has been dedicated to representing both Plaintiff and Defense clients in complex civil litigation with a focus on governmental/municipal liability, child abuse, vulnerable adult, medical malpractice, product liability and all aspects of insurance related litigation. He has obtained notable trial verdicts and results as lead counsel that include the top Arizona civil tort verdict in 2004 and a Top 10 Arizona civil verdict in 2016. Mr. Franco serves as adjunct faculty at the Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor Collete of Law where his courses include Professional Responsibility and Litigation/Trial Practice. He also serves as a Board Member and Faculty of the Arizona State Bar College of Trial Advocacy. He is a recurring faculty presenter of the Arizona State Bar Course on Professionalism and has served as a Maricopa County Judge Pro Tem. Mr. Franco holds an AV rating by Martindale Hubbell and has earned recognition by numerous rating outlets including: Best Lawyers in America by US News and World Report; Arizona’s Top 100 Trial Lawyers by National Trial Lawyers; Arizona’s Finest Lawyers (Sustaining Member); America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators for Arizona; America’s Top 100 Civil Defense Litigators for Arizona; and Top Lawyers of Arizona by the Arizona Republic. Mr. Franco is a life-long competitive tennis player, member of the United Stated Tennis Association and a member of the organizing Board of the Arizona Tennis Classic, a men’s professional level (ATP) tennis tournament held annually in Phoenix since its inception in 2019.

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Bowman & Brooke LLP

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Zachary Evan Mushkatel Related Seminars and Products

is the managing partner of Mushkatel, Gobbato & Kile, PLLC. His individual practice focuses on complex medical malpractice, personal injury and estate litigation matters. Zach is a present board and faculty member for the Arizona State Bar College of Trial Advocacy and past President of the West Maricopa County Bar Association. Zach enjoys mentoring new attorneys in the areas of trial practice and strategic planning.

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Director

Office of Public Defense Services

is a capital defense attorney with the Office of the Legal Advocate, and has been with the office since 2008. Ms. Pena-Lynch prides herself on providing quality representation to clients whose lives are on the line. She is an experienced litigator who has tried numerous jury trials in both Arizona and New York. Ms. Pena-Lynch started her legal career as a law clerk at Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York City, while attending St. John’s School of Law. After graduating she continued working as a member of Davis Polk’s litigation team. In addition, she also spent countless hours representing pro bono clients. In recognition of her superb representation of and commitment to pro bono clients, Ms. Pena-Lynch received the Legal Aid Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service. As satisfying as that litigation experience was, Ms. Pena-Lynch had always known that she wanted to be a criminal attorney and in 1999 she began working for the Criminal Division of the New York City Legal Aid Society. Ms. Pena-Lynch realized that she had found the right career path and quickly progressed to handle all level of felony cases.
After having her first child, Ms. Pena-Lynch and her family moved to Arizona. After settling in, Ms. Pena-Lynch began working with the Office of the Legal Advocate and continues there to this day, having progressed from handling serious felony cases to qualifying and being appointed to serve as first chair in capital cases. Ms. Pena-Lynch is passionate about the work she does and welcomes any opportunity to talk to others about her life’s work. Ms. Pena-Lynch has been admitted to the practice of law in New York, New Jersey and Arizona.
When Ms. Pena-Lynch isn’t representing defendants facing the death penalty, she remains involved in the community. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Maricopa Chapter of the Arizona Women Lawyer’s Association; serves as a member of the State Board of Directors for the Arizona Women Lawyers Association; and is an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School. Ms. Pena-Lynch finds it gratifying to mentor law students and new attorneys and does so in all aspects of her professional life. Ms. Pena-Lynch also helps to coordinate the internship program in the Office of the Legal Advocate, volunteers as a judge and mentor for mock trial competitions and has served as a faculty member for the State Bar of Arizona’s College of Trial Advocacy. (11/2014)

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Tyler Howell Schwenke Related Seminars and Products

is a Litigation Associate at Jennings Haug Keleher McLeod Waterfall. Tyler’s practice includes a variety of areas of law, including medical malpractice, business litigation, and insurance defense. Tyler obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona before attending Arizona State University for law school. Tyler serves as a member of the faculty for the Arizona State Bar College of Trial Advocacy and coaches the undergraduate mock trial team at Arizona State University.

Don C Stevens Related Seminars and Products

is a mediator in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. He is currently living and practicing in Cottonwood, Arizona and has his own firm, Don Stevens P.C. He has over forty years of civil trial experience, in state and federal courts throughout Arizona, He has been AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell for over 20 years. Don has had advanced mediation training, including two intensive annual programs presented by the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, located at Pepperdine University, Malibu California, as well as other advanced mediation training from the American Bar Association. Don has successfully mediated a wide variety of matters from automobile and other vehicle accidents to construction defect litigation, civil rights, employment discrimination, insurance coverage and bad faith, and complex partnership dissolutions. Don is also available for arbitrations, special master appointments and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He served as judge pro tem in Yavapai County for approximately five years with a full-time litigation and settlement conference calendar. Don's extensive trial experience allows him to bring a fresh perspective to each dispute regarding risks and potential outcomes. His enthusiasm and creative solutions allow the parties to find a common ground for agreement. He has a strong balanced approach between respect for the process and the independence of the parties, as well as creative methods for helping the parties move from initial positions to resolution.

Douglas L Rayes Related Seminars and Products

has been a Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona since 2014. He has sat by designation with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and is the Chairman of the Ninth Circuit’s Criminal Case Committee. From 2000 until 2014, he was a judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court where he presided over cases in Family, Complex Civil, and Criminal Court. From 2010 through 2012, he was the Presiding Criminal Judge. Judge Rayes was the chairman of the Arizona Supreme Court’s New Judge Orientation; training required of all newly appointed or elected Superior Court Judges and Commissioners. Judge Rayes co-chaired the creation of the Veterans Court for the Maricopa County Superior Court and brought the Superior Court into the annual Homeless Veteran Stand-Down. He helped create an e-search warrant procedure for the Superior Court. He served on the Commission on Victims in the Court, the Capital Case Oversight Committee, the Court Leadership Institute of Arizona and was a member of the Statewide Judicial Performance Review Commission. Judge Rayes was named the Judge of the Year by the Phoenix Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. From 1982 until 2000, Judge Rayes was a partner in the firm of McGroder, Tryon, Heller, Rayes and Berch, later Tryon, Heller and Rayes, litigating personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Judge Rayes was in the Army JAGC from 1979 until 1982, assigned to the Third Armored Division in Frankfurt Germany, where he defended soldiers charged with major felonies in Courts Martial trials before military jury panels. Judge Rayes graduated from Arizona State University with degrees in engineering and law. (11/2017)

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Partner

Schneider & Onofry PC

Christopher Corwin Browning Related Seminars and Products

judge

Pima County Superior Court

graduated from the University of Arizona, College of Law, in 1981. After graduation, he joined the firm of Slutes, Browning, Zlaket and Sakrison. In 1984, he became a shareholder in that firm. In 1996, Judge Browning joined the firm of Chandler, Tullar, Udall & Redhair, L.L.P., as a partner. In September, 1998, Judge Browning was appointed to the Pima County Superior Court Bench by Governor Jane D. Hull. He served as Presiding Judge of the Civil Bench from 2001-2003. Judge Browning sat on the Criminal Bench from 2003-2006. He was then assigned to the Family Law Bench from 2006-2009. He returned to the Criminal Bench in 2009, where he served until 2016. In 2016, Judge Browning was reassigned to the Family Law Bench. 11/2016

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Shannon L Clark Related Seminars and Products

Gallagher & Kennedy, PA

is a shareholder, member of the Gallagher & Kennedy board of directors and co-leader of the firm's Plaintiff's Personal Injury & Wrongful Death practice group. For nearly two decades, Shannon has been a tireless advocate for victims of negligent and wrongful conduct throughout Arizona and around the United States. His passionate commitment to the rights of injured or wronged individuals has garnered in excess of $250,000,000 in jury verdicts, arbitration awards, mediation results and negotiated settlements for personal injury, wrongful death and legal and medical malpractice clients. Beyond helping his clients obtain compensation for devastating injuries and personal tragedy, Shannon also assists clients with many of the (often non-legal) details of putting their lives back together and moving forward. From the beginning of his career at Gallagher & Kennedy in 2000, Shannon has been drawn to legal matters that allowed him to advocate for individuals who have been harmed in some way through the fault of others. As a member the firm's highly skilled and successful Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death team, Shannon gained invaluable experience in high-profile cases at the state and national levels. Shannon is deeply committed to his clients, and his effort extends beyond the intricacies of any given lawsuit to champion consumer safety issues for greater social impact. While commanding the fortitude, experience, resources and overall "fire in the belly" needed to take on major manufacturers and institutional defendants, Shannon remains unfailingly sensitive to the human element of each case he handles. He approaches his clients as people first, which makes him broadly effective in understanding his clients' challenges and advocating their causes.

Dave Cole Related Seminars and Products

Of counsel

Kolsrud Law Offices

has served in a number of capacities since being admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1976. He has held positions with the Pima and Maricopa County Attorney’s Offices, the Office of the Attorney General (first as an Assistant AG, and later as Solicitor General), and served as Clerk of the Court for the Arizona Supreme Court in the mid-1980s. He served on the Maricopa County Superior Court bench from 1989 to 2007, where he spent the majority of his time in the Criminal and Special Assignment Departments. He has taught numerous courses (including Evidence) at the Pepperdine University School of Law and the Arizona Summit Law School (formerly the Phoenix School of Law) and served as an adjunct professor at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He has served on a number of commissions and committees, including then-Attorney General Napolitano’s Capital Case Commission from 2000-2002.. He served as co-chair of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Victims’ Rights Implementation Committee in 1991. He is currently a member of the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission and has been a member of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence since its inception in 2010. In March 2017, he returned to the Attorney General’s Office in the role of Deputy Solicitor General.
(04/2018)

Gary A Fadell Related Seminars and Products

Managing Partner

Fadell Cheney & Burt PLLC

is one of the founding partners of Fadell Cheney & Burt in Phoenix, Arizona. Gary and his partners opened their practice in December, 1996. Gary represents a wide variety of healthcare providers in Arizona, including hospitals, physicians, nurses and other providers in professional malpractice litigation and regulatory proceedings. Gary has tried approximately 90 cases to jury and serves as a Judge Pro Tem with the Maricopa County Superior Court. Gary is a graduate of Michigan State University, Detroit College of Law. He serves on the faculty of the State Bar Trial College.

Lisa A Gray Related Seminars and Products

My name is Lisa A. Gray, and I am a Capital Attorney now practicing with the Yavapai Public Defender. I worked as a Capital Attorney in Maricopa County from approximately 2010 to September of 2024 as a private attorney with an OPDS contract, and with the Legal Defender’s Office and the Office of the Legal Advocate. Prior to my work as a death penalty attorney, I handled major felonies with the Office of the Legal Defender and the Maricopa County Public Defender as well as OPDS. I also have experience handling white collar, securities fraud cases, Federal cases in the areas of criminal and corporate defense and have practiced law in Indiana and Arizona. I am also licensed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United State Supreme Court. I have been an attorney since 1992. I am also a poet.

Esq. William G Klain Related Seminars and Products

Lang & Klain PC

a member of Lang & Klain, PC, focuses his practice on complex corporate and commercial litigation. He is a 2012-2022 Super Lawyers® selectee in business litigation and is listed in Best Lawyers in America® for commercial litigation and bet-the-company litigation. Bill has served on the State Bar of Arizona's Civil Practice and Procedure Committee since 2000, and chaired the Committee from 2011-2014. He is an appointed member of the Arizona Judicial Council's Committee on Superior Court. Previously, Bill served as Co-Chair of the Arizona Supreme Court's Task Force on the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure and as a member of the Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Evidence, Committee on Civil Justice Reform, Business Court Advisory Committee, and Committee on Civil Rules of Procedure for Limited Jurisdiction Courts. Through these committees and task forces, Bill has been involved with the restyling of the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, the Arizona Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, and the Arizona Rules of Evidence, the initial drafting of the Justice Court Rules of Civil Procedure, the design of the Maricopa County Superior Court's Commercial Court pilot project, and a host of other civil rules projects, including the 2018 civil justice reform amendments and 2014 case management and trial setting rule amendments. He was awarded the Chief Justice's Outstanding Contribution to the Courts Award in 2016, the State Bar's Member of the Year Award in 2013, the State Bar President's Award in 2008, and the Scottsdale Bar Association's Award of Excellence in 2012. Bill teaches a course on Civil Pretrial Practice as an adjunct professor at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of law and has chaired or served on the faculty of more than 80 CLE programs for the State Bar and other professional associations. He has also authored a number of law-related articles for various publications. Bill is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maricopa County Bar Association, and the Scottsdale Bar Association. He received his J.D. from the University of Denver and B.A. from the University of Richmond. Bill lives in Phoenix with his wife, Carrie, and their two daughters.

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Robbins and Curtin p.l.l.c.

Joel Brooks Robbins
Robbins Curtin Millea & Showalter, LLC
301 E. Bethany Home Rd., Suite B-100
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
(602) 400-4400
Joel@RCMSLaw.com

BACKGROUND
Partner in the law firm of Robbins Curtin Millea & Showalter, LLC. (One of the preeminent law firms in the country (Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers) - Martindale Hubbell.))

Member and 2017 President of the Phoenix chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, member of the American Association of Justice, Arizona Association of Justice (aka Arizona Trial Lawyers Association) (Board Member, and 2017-2018 Trial Lawyer of the Year), Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, and National Police Accountability Project. Past President of Phoenix Trial Lawyers.

Certified as a specialist in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation by the State Bar and has the highest possible rating by the nation's oldest lawyer rating organization (AV@ "Peer Review Rated" by Martindale Hubbell). One of the best lawyers in Arizona and the Southwest, according to Superlawyers 2007-2025. Selected as one of the top 50 lawyers in Arizona for 2017, 2018, 2021 – 2024.

He was awarded the Kenneth D. Freeman Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education for the Maricopa County Bar Association and is the author of two articles for the Arizona Advocate: A.R.S. Section 12-2601: Making Arizona a Playground for Negligent Construction Professionals and The Arizona "Indivisible Injury" Rule in Multiple Collision Cases.

Practice Emphasis

Robbins' practice is primarily in plaintiffs' personal injury cases in construction, automobiles, negligence, and civil rights. Robbins has been responsible for multiple million-dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients.

Appellate Law Accomplishments

In AA Mechanical vs. Superior Court (Vree), the Arizona Court of Appeals declared an unfair statute that required expert affidavits unconstitutional; in Hayes v. Continental Ins. Co., the Court of Appeals found that prohibiting injured workers from suing their worker's compensation insurance companies for bad faith was unconstitutional. In Bachus v. State, the Court of Appeals found that individuals injured by the government statute are not required to provide an exhaustive statement of damages to preserve their claims.

Trial Accomplishments

Robbins' other significant cases include litigating Flanders vs. Arpaio, which established She1iff Joseph Arpaio's knowing disregard of the unreasonably dangerous condition of the Maricopa County tent city. Other important cases were Klatt v. Maricopa County, Walker v. Maricopa County, James Saville vs. Arpaio, Daniel and Donna Saban vs. Arpaio, Richard Post vs. Arpaio, Damon Dreckmeier vs. Arpaio, Nick Tarr vs. Arpaio, and Eric Johnson vs. Arpaio.

Academic Background

Robbins graduated from the University of Arizona Law School in 1986 and was a member of the Moot Court Board. He graduated from the U of A with a business economics degree (cum laude) in 1983 and received the Pat Shelly Memorial Award for service to the University of Arizona.

An Arizona lawyer vigorously seeking compensation for those seriously injured due to the fault of others and guarding the rights of individuals against governmental abuse.

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Heather Baker-Mushkatel Related Seminars and Products

Heather Baker-Mushkatel holds a Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 2006, she has built a distinguished legal career in Arizona. As a partner at Mushkatel, Gobbato & Kile, PLLC, Heather specializes in family law and criminal defense and supports her colleagues in probate and guardianship matters. Prior to her current position, Heather served as a Deputy Public Defender at the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office. Her career is characterized by a rigorous commitment to courtroom litigation, including handling criminal jury trials, family bench trials, and various evidentiary hearings. Heather is also actively engaged in the legal community through her volunteer work and leadership roles. She has contributed significantly to the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Bar Associations and currently serves on the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Arizona.

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Maricopa County Attorney

Supreme Court of Arizona

- Prior to Justice William G. Montgomery’s appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2019, he served as the Maricopa County Attorney beginning with a special election in 2010. Before assuming elected office, Justice Montgomery served as a Deputy County Attorney, as well as practicing civil law with a local insurance defense firm and advocacy work on behalf of victims of crime. Justice Montgomery earned a B.S. degree and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Army from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1989. He received his law degree from Arizona State University in 2001.

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Joseph S Kelly Related Seminars and Products

Joseph S. Kelly, Jr. received a Bachelor of Arts from University of Iowa and Juris Doctorate, with honors, from Drake University Law School. He is admitted to practice in Iowa and Arizona. Joe was an attorney for the state of Iowa Attorney General’s Office, Tort Claim Division 1974-1977; Admitted to practice 1978 in Arizona; U-Haul International/Amerco, Inc. Litigation Counsel to General Counsel 1977 to 1986; Susemihl, Davis, & Kelly partner 1986 to 1991; State Farm Insurance, staff litigation counsel 1991 to September, 2014. AV Preeminent peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell. The American Registry has named Joe as one “America’s Most Honored Lawyers”. Joe was elected into ABOTA (American Board of Trial Advocates) at the Advocate level. Joe is also an elected member of NADN (National Association of Distinguished Neutrals). Joe has been serving as a private mediator and arbitrator since 2014 when he “re-wired” from State Farm. Joe has been a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court for over 20 years, volunteering his time to cover judge’s calendars, mediating cases, presiding over trials and performing wedding ceremonies. Joe has tried numerous cases since 1974 involving personal injury and wrongful death. Joe has given seminars for the Maricopa County Bar Association, the State Bar of Arizona, A.B.O.T.A. Arizona Trial Lawyers Association ,Arizona Trial College, and in-house seminars for State Farm Insurance on topics ranging from Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bicycle Accidents and Ethics. Joe is currently “semi-retired” doing private arbitrations/mediations and case consultations. Joe has conducted hundreds of mediations and arbitrations while in practice and since retirement with over a 95% success rate. Joe was appointed as an adjunct professor of law at Arizona Summit Law School in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Email: jskellylaw7@gmail.com Phone: (480) 250 0118

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Judge

Superior Court in Pima County

Arizona Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Bergin is an Arizona native, born in Phoenix and raised in Tucson. He earned both his undergraduate degree and his law degree (with distinction) from the University of Arizona. In September 2011, following a twenty-year career in civil litigation, he was appointed to Division 22 of the Superior Court in Pima County.

Judge Bergin has served on the civil bench (presiding judge), the family bench (presiding judge), and the criminal bench. He was the court’s associate presiding judge from 2019 until July 1 of 2021, when the Arizona Supreme Court appointed him Pima County’s Presiding Judge. Judge Bergin stepped down as Presiding Judge on July 1, 2024. He is currently assigned to the civil bench.

Judge Bergin was the chair of the Superior Court in Pima County’s Back to Operations Task Force, created to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic and the associated impacts on the court. In addition, he has served on the Committee on Superior Court, the Civil Justice Reform Committee, and the Civil Practice and Procedures Committee. He is also a past president of the Arizona Judges’ Association. Currently, he serves on the Supreme Court’s Commission on Access to Justice.

Debora L Verdier Related Seminars and Products

serves as a senior member at The Cavanagh Law Firm. She represents employers in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state and federal courts, and private arbitrators. She has represented a number of Arizona companies, including private charter schools, medical facilities, fitness clubs, vacation resorts, car dealerships, law offices, and multi-family housing managers. She has reviewed policies and made required revisions to meet with legal changes. She has also given in-service and training on ADA, FMLA, and Title VII themes to management staff in those same businesses.

Ms. Verdier has defended insurance companies in cases involving reimbursement problems and insurance coverage disputes as well as corporations in liability and insurance matters. Her work in this area has included drafting opinions on insurance coverage, letters reserving rights, and, if required, resolving coverage issues through litigation and negotiation. She has been a part-time faculty member at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University since 2012, where she teaches a practical skill course called "The Litigation Experience." Ms. Verdier joined the Cavanagh Board of Directors in 2022.

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Senior Litigation Counsel

Provident Law

The most fortunate people in the world are those who get to do what they love for a living. Mr. Watson is one of those people. He loves practicing law and helping clients in difficult, complex cases. He has spent his entire adult life as an Arizona lawyer. For over 20 years Tim has represented high net worth individuals and businesses of all kinds, from small family-owned businesses to large insurers, Fortune 500 companies and the State of Arizona. He has tried numerous high profile jury trials in state and federal courts. Tim holds a Martindale Hubbell rating of AV-Preeminent with a designation for high ethical standing. Tim gives back to the profession he loves by serving our community as a past Maricopa County Judge Pro Tem, State Bar Fee Arbitration Committee member, Chair of the State Bar Trial Practice Section and board member of the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. His passion for the practice of law speaks for itself. When not at work, Tim is blessed by his wife and three children. His two boys are cadets in the Civil Air Patrol and love sports. His daughter is a drama enthusiast. As a family, they enjoy spending time together swimming, biking, and taking trips to the desert.

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