Total Credits: 3 CLE, 0.25 Ethics
Join Division Two of the Court of Appeals to learn about the appellate process, appellate advocacy and the proposed amendments to the special action rules.
Summary of Seminar:
Jurisdiction and Notices of Appeal
Statutory Construction and Legislative History
Written and Oral Appellate Advocacy
Proposed Amendments to the Special Action Rules
Overview of Division Two’s Mediation and Community Outreach Programs
Faculty:
Honorable Garye Vásquez, Chief Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Honorable Christopher Staring, Vice Chief Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Honorable Michael Kelly, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Honorable Jeffrey Sklar, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Mac McCallum, Chief Staff Attorney, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Crystal Brown, Staff Attorney, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Lauren Rosen, Staff Attorney, Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two
Moderators:
Crystal Brown and Lauren Rosen
was born in Casa Grande, Arizona in 1958. He received an Associate in General Studies from Central Arizona College in 1978, a Bachelor of Science in Justice Studies from Arizona State University in 1981, and his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1984. Before his appointment to the Court of Appeals, he was in private practice in Casa Grande 1984-2005 with the law firm Cooper, Vásquez & Rueter, LLP. During that time, he served as President of the Pinal County Bar Association, President of the Casa Grande Elementary School District Governing Board (Board Member 1996-2005), Chairman of the Commission on Salaries for Elective State Offices, and numerous other county and community boards and commissions. Judge Vásquez currently serves on the Arizona Judicial Council, Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review and the Executive Council of the Arizona Bar Association's Appellate Practice Section. He is a former member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court (2014-2019). He has served on the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Supreme Court Special Code of Judicial Conduct Workgroup. Governor Janet Napolitano appointed him to the Court of Appeals in 2005, and he took his seat on February 1, 2006. He began serving his five-year term as Chief Judge for Division Two on July 1, 2019.
Honorable Christopher Staring attended the University of California at Davis, receiving his B.A. in 1983. He received his J.D. from Tulane University Law School in 1986, graduating cum laude, and Order of the Coif (top 10% of class). Judge Staring was in private civil practice for more than 23 years before being appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Arizona for Pima County in 2010. He was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two in 2015.
Judge Staring serves as Chair of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct. He also serves as Chair of the Arizona Supreme Court’s Ethics Advisory Committee and is a member of the Task Force on Ethics Rules Governing the State Attorney General, County Attorneys, and Other Public Lawyers. Additionally, Judge Staring serves on the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Juvenile Courts.
Judge Staring previously served on the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review and the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Mental Health and the Justice System. He is a frequent speaker on judicial ethics, mental health law, and other mental health related topics.
Judge Staring resides in Tucson.
is a Staff Attorney at Division Two of the State of Arizona Court of Appeals. He graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2005 and served as a law clerk for Judge J. William Brammer, Jr., before joining the staff attorney team in 2010. Mr. McCallum has taught legal writing at the College of Law since 2011. 02/2017
