Total Credits: 1 CLE, 1 Ethics
ER 8.2. Judicial and Legal Officials
ER 8.5. Jurisdiction
Faculty
Professor Ann Ching, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Christopher Heo, Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
Gianni Pattas, Tiffany & Bosco, P.A.
began his career with insurance defense litigation in 2014. Gianni Pattas focuses his practice on civil litigation, business litigation, personal injury and wrongful death.
While earning his law degree, Gianni served as the executive chair of the school's Moot Court Competition team, which ranked in the top five nationally and was the most successful in the school's 90-year history. The team's brief won first place at the 13th Annual National Entertainment Competition. They also won second place overall and best team in oral arguments at the 20th Annual Saul Lefkowitz Trademark Competition, which was held at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ann Ching is a Clinical Professor of Law at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Prior to this appointment, Professor Ching served as Ethics Counsel for the State Bar of Arizona (2016-2019) and Assistant Professor of Law at Pepperdine University (2013-2015). Professor Ching began her legal career in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (2001-2012), where she achieved the rank of Major and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for her service in Iraq.
Outside of teaching, Professor Ching serves on the Arizona Supreme Court’s Ethics Advisory Committee, the State Bar of Arizona Ethics Advisory Group, and as a judge pro tempore for the East Valley Regional Veterans Court. Professor Ching is also President of the Arizona Asian American Bar Association.
Professor Ching is a graduate of the University of Arizona (B.A.), the University of North Carolina (J.D.), the Judge Advocate General’s School of the Army (LL.M.), and Pepperdine University (M.B.A.).
