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Michelle Hibbert Related Seminars and Products

Michelle Hibbert leads the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director. Ms. Hibbert’s group falls under the Member Services Division team, which supports numerous programs and departments, including the Lawyer Assistance Programs; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Legal Specialization; Mandatory CLE and Compliance; the Bar’s Resource Center. Ms. Hibbert practiced commercial litigation and employment advise for 23 years before joining the Bar. She received her LL. M. in Biotechnology and Genomics in December 2022, and her J.D. at the Chicago-Kent College of Law where she graduated Order of the Coif.

Roberta L Tepper Related Seminars and Products

Chief Member Services Officer

State Bar of Arizona

Roberta Tepper, Chief Member Services Officer for the State Bar of Arizona, has been with the State Bar since 2004. Roberta leads the Member Services Division team which supports numerous programs and departments, including Continuing Legal Education; Lawyer Assistance Programs (Practice 2.0 and MAP); Legal Specialization; Mandatory CLE and Compliance; the Bar’s Resource Center, and more. Roberta served as the Lawyer Assistance Programs Director, from 2013 until September 2021, which included responsibility for Practice 2.0, the State Bar of Arizona’s practice management advice program, the Bar’s Member Assistance Program, and support for the Bar’s 30 Sections as well as the Young Lawyer and Senior Lawyer Divisions. Roberta previously served as a prosecutor in North Carolina; worked in court administration in Delaware; and served as Bar Counsel and then Senior Bar Counsel in the Lawyer Regulation Office at the State Bar of Arizona.

Ms. Tepper is an active member of the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association, serves as the Division’s Secretary, is the Feature Editor for Law Practice Magazine, a member of the Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Lawyer Wellbeing Committee, Women Rainmakers, and the Strategy and Planning Committee, and served as the co-Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2021. She is a frequent author of articles on practice management, best practices and lawyer wellness and well-being for the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine and Law Practice Today. She also co-authored Tech From the Trenches, a column for Law Practice magazine that addresses best practices and the use of technology in the practice of law.

Roberta is a Fastcase 50 honoree (2019), an award that recognizes innovators, visionaries and leaders in law and was selected as one of the 2021 Women of Legal Tech honorees by the ABA’s Legal Technology Resource Center. She chairs the Practice Management Advisors of North America, is a Past President and an ex officio member of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association Board of Directors and, as a past chapter President, is an ex officio member of the AWLA, Maricopa Chapter, Steering Committee. A graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law, Ms. Tepper is admitted to practice in Arizona and is an inactive member of the North Carolina and Delaware Bars.

Chad Allen Anderson Related Seminars and Products

is a solo practitioner and municipal court Judge Pro Tem who has been licensed in Arizona since 2002, Iowa since 1998, and Nevada since 2017. He earned bachelor’s degrees in both Economics and Accounting from the University of Northern Iowa before earning a J.D. from the University of North Dakota and a Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity Law and Policy from the University of Maryland. Chad entered the profession in 1998 and six months later unseated a 12-year incumbent for the office of County Attorney in Worth County, Iowa, becoming one of the youngest lawyers in the state’s history to win an elected prosecutor’s office. Snowy winters and convicting bad guys took its toll so he emigrated to Arizona where he found warm winters (good) and a counsel position at a small real estate title company (not as much). After two years of reading loan documents Chad entered into a partnership with a personal injury attorney before striking out on his own in 2005 where he practiced general business law and found a niche litigating copyright infringements and advising clients on data privacy. He currently serves as a Judge Pro Tem on the Tempe Municipal Court and will begin serving as a Judge Pro Tem for Maricopa County Justice Courts in 2024. Mr. Anderson served on the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee for 8 years with 2 years as Chair and on the Professional Responsibility (Ethics) Committee from 2011 to 2017. He co-chaired Spring Training for Lawyers twice, served on the Member Assistance Committee and currently mentors attorneys facing substance abuse issues.

Meredith L Vivona Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Arizona

Meredith L. Vivona is the Ethics Counsel for the State Bar of Arizona, where she advises lawyers through the Ethics Hotline, presents ethics related CLE programs, acts as legal advisor to the Fee Arbitration Program, serves on the Ethics Advisory Group and acts as liaison to the Arizona Supreme Court’s Attorney Ethics Advisory Committee. Prior to becoming Ethics Counsel, Meredith served as Practice Management Attorney for Practice 2.0 and the Trust Account Helpline, the State Bar’s confidential practice management and trust account advice program. Before joining the State Bar of Arizona, Meredith served as Independent Bar Counsel, investigating and prosecuting misconduct allegations brought against attorneys, when the Lawyer Regulation Office had a conflict. Part of Meredith’s responsibilities included serving as Acting Disciplinary Counsel for the Commission on Judicial Conduct where she investigated and resolved judicial misconduct complaints. Before serving as IBC, Meredith enjoyed a varied career in private practice, with experience in civil litigation matters throughout the state. Meredith is admitted to practice in Arizona and the U.S. District Court for the State of Arizona. Meredith received her Juris Doctor from Wake Forest Law School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.