Appellate Practice Section’s SCOTUS Review

Michael S Catlett Related Seminars and Products

HON MICHAEL S. CATLETT was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2022. From 2020 to 2023, Judge Catlett worked at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office as Deputy Solicitor General and Chief Counsel of Special Litigation, representing the State of Arizona in trial and appellate courts. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Judge Catlett was a commercial and appellate litigator in private practice with the law firms of Quarles & Brady LLP (Associate 2010-2014, Partner 2014-2020) and Osborn Maledon, P.A. (Associate 2007-2010). After graduating from law school, Judge Catlett served a one-year clerkship (2006-2007) with the Hon. Paul J. Kelly, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Judge Catlett received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in finance from Arizona State University and his law degree summa cum laude from the University of Arizona College of Law, where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Arizona Law Review.

Alexander Westbrook Samuels Related Seminars and Products

Alexander Samuels is the Principal Deputy Solicitor General at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
In that role, he helps oversee all of the Office’s civil and criminal appellate work, as well as high-profile
civil litigation in state and federal trial courts. He regularly handles cases in the Ninth Circuit and
Arizona Supreme Court, and has also argued in the United States Supreme Court. Before joining the
Attorney General’s Office, Alex worked as an Assistant United States Attorney, with a focus on
prosecuting violent crimes in Arizona’s tribal communities, and in private practice at Perkins Coie. He
served as a law clerk for the Honorable Andrew D. Hurwitz at the Arizona Supreme Court and at the
Ninth Circuit. He is a graduate of Arizona State University and Harvard Law School.

Eric Michael Fraser Related Seminars and Products

Osborn Maledon PA

Eric M. Fraser is a partner and co-chair of the appellate practice at Osborn Maledon, where his practice
focuses on major civil appeals. He coauthors a monthly column in Arizona Attorney magazine covering
civil appeals, coedits the azapp.com blog, and contributes to SCOTUSblog. He is a Ninth Circuit
Appellate Lawyer Representative and a former chair of the State Bar of Arizona’s Appellate Practice
Section. Eric received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and his B.A. in Physics from
Pomona College. Before joining private practice, Eric clerked for Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg on the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Jillian Brittany Francis Related Seminars and Products

Arizona State Courts Building