Due Process in Motion: Navigating Fairness and Finality in Administrative Law Practice
Total Credits: 1.5 Administrative Law Specialization, 1.5 CLE
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- Categories:
- Administrative Law
- Faculty:
- Teressa M Sanzio | Chance Peterson | Tammy Eigenheer | Carrie H Smith
- Co-Sponsored by:
- The State Bar of Arizona Administrative and Regulatory Law Section
- Location:
- State Bar of Arizona, Daniel J. McAuliffe CLE Center - Phoenix, AZ
Description
This 90-minute, three-member panel will explore core due process principles as applied in administrative proceedings, emphasizing notice, hearing rights, agency procedure, and judicial review. Using recent precedent and Arizona-specific statutory examples, panelists will analyze how agencies, practitioners, and courts balance efficiency with fairness in administrative forums.
Topics Include:
- What does Due Process require?
- Notice and Opportunity to be heard
- "By operation of law" and automatic actions
- Discovery and access to information
- Finality and review: When agency (in)action becomes reviewable
- Separation of functions and structural fairness
- Exceptions to the rule: Summary suspension
Chairs:
Chance Peterson, Registrar of Contractors (moderator)
Teressa Sanzio, Teressa M Sanzio PC
Faculty:
Judge Tammy Eigenheer, Assistant Presiding Administrative Law Judge, Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings
Carrie Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
Faculty
Teressa M Sanzio Related Seminars and Products
Teressa M. Sanzio, RN, JD, Law Office of Teressa M. Sanzio, P.C.
Teressa has been practicing in administrative and regulatory law for over twenty-five years. She primarily defends licensed health care providers, especially nurses. She is passionate about advocating for the rights of these professionals. Teressa is licensed to practice in Arizona, and is admitted to practice in all Arizona State Courts and in the United States Supreme Court. Before pursuing her legal career, Teressa worked as a registered nurse in ER and ICU settings. She also worked in risk management, quality resource management, and legal nurse consulting. She holds a Master of Public Administration, a BS in Business Administration and an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. Teressa currently serves as the Treasurer of the Executive Council of the Administrative Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona. She previously served on the Council from 2003 to 2009, including a term as President. In addition, she currently serves on the Arizona State Bar Administrative Law Advisory Commission for the Board of Legal Specialization.
Teressa has extensive history with The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) and currently serves on its Board of Directors. She previously served on the Board Executive Committee from 2008 to 2017, including a term as President. Her dedication to the organization has been recognized with several awards: the Cynthia Northrop Distinguished Service Award, the Outstanding Advocate Award, and the Outstanding Education Award.
Chance Peterson Related Seminars and Products
Assistant Chief Counsel
Registrar of Contractors
Chance Peterson is a certified administrative law specialist and serves as General Counsel for the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, having joined the agency in 2019. He is a 2014 graduate of the ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, where he served as Senior Articles Editor for Jurimetrics - The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology, and published his student note examining the American legal system’s struggles in adjudicating highly technical scientific disputes.
As a member and past chair of the State Bar’s Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section, Chance frequently presents on administrative law topics, including as a panelist at the 2025 convention’s construction law seminar on recent amendments to 12-910, and as chair of the administrative law section’s 2023 State Bar Convention seminar, titled “Major Questions Q&A: Status of the Non-Delegation and Major Questions Doctrines”. And following the Loper Bright decision, Chance presented at the National Association of State Contractor Licensing Agencies (“NASCLA”) to answer the question of the day: What deference remains?
Tammy Eigenheer Related Seminars and Products
Tammy L. Eigenheer, Interim Director at the Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings, has been with OAH since 2012. At OAH, Judge Eigenheer presided over a wide variety of cases including HOA matters, disputes between homeowners and licensed contractors, and disciplinary actions against professional licenses.
Before joining OAH, Judge Eigenheer was a hearing officer with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for four years. Judge Eigenheer also clerked for the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, in Springfield, Missouri, and the 4th Judicial District in Omaha, Nebraska.
Carrie H Smith Related Seminars and Products
Carrie Smith has served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Licensing Enforcement Section of the State Government Division of the Attorney General’s Office since April, 2013. She currently serves as a legal advisor and litigator for the Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants. Ms. Smith previously engaged in private practice with experience in medical malpractice defense and homeowner’s association law. Ms. Smith is a proud Arizona State University Sun Devil, where she received Bachelors of Arts and Science, summa cum laude. Ms. Smith also received her Juris Doctorate from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2003. Ms. Smith is admitted in Arizona, the District Court for the District of Arizona, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
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Location
State Bar of Arizona, Daniel J. McAuliffe CLE Center
