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Spilling the Government Tea (Open Meeting and Public Records Laws)


Total Credits: 3 CLE

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Categories:
Public Lawyers
Faculty:
Daniel S Jurkowitz |  Pamela Peiser |  Charles A Grube |  Melissa W Henry |  Karen J Hartman-Tellez
Co-Sponsored by:
The State Bar of Arizona Public Lawyers Section
Location:
State Bar of Arizona, Daniel J. McAuliffe CLE Center - Phoenix, AZ

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Description

Essential overview of public records and open meeting laws.  

Topics include:

Public Records Law Overview

  • What are public records? 
  • Presumption of disclosure
  • Exceptions
  • Remedies and Sanctions
  • Records Maintenance, Retention, and Disposal Best Practices
  • Electronic records
  • Practical Guidance for Responding to Public Records Requests
  • Recently Considered/Passed Legislation and Case Law Update

 
Open Meeting Laws Overview

  • What is a meeting? 
  • Requirements for Meetings
  • Executive Sessions
  • Public Comment
  • Penalties for Violations /Remedies 
  • Recently considered/passed legislation and case law update

Seminar Chairs:
Daniel Jurkowitz, Pima County Attorney's Office
Pam Peiser, Office of the Attorney General

Faculty:
Chuck Grube, Office of the Attorney General
Karen Hartman-Tellez, Office of the Arizona Attorney General
Melissa Henry, Arizona Ombudsman - Citizen's Aide

Faculty

Daniel S Jurkowitz Related Seminars and Products

Pima County Attorney's Office


Daniel S. Jurkowitz is the Assistant Chief Civil Deputy in the Pima County Attorney’s Office Civil Division and serves on the State Bar of Arizona's Professionalism Advisory Council. He also currently serves as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore, on the faculty of The National Judicial College, is a past president of the Pima County Bar Association and the Pima County Bar Foundation, and is a recipient of the State Bar of Arizona's Outstanding In-House Counsel of the Year award. Previously, he served as Chair of the State Bar of Arizona's Professionalism Committee, an Administrative Law Judge for the Arizona Department of Transportation, a Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore, a Town Magistrate Pro Tempore, and a Hearing Officer, Settlement Officer, and Attorney Discipline Hearing Panel Member for the Arizona Supreme Court. He began his career as a prosecutor with the Pima County Attorney’s Office Criminal Division and is a graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law.


Pamela Peiser Related Seminars and Products


Pamela Peiser Sullivan has an undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona and a Masters of Business Administration from Drake University. After her graduation from Saint Mary’s University School of Law, and admission to the State Bar of Texas in 1999, Ms. Peiser returned to Arizona. Following her admission to the State Bar of Arizona, Ms. Peiser began work with the Mohave County Legal Defender’s Office. In 2000, Ms. Peiser became a prosecutor with the City of Kingman, eventually moving on to the La Paz County Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted juvenile, misdemeanor, and felony offenses.

In 2001, Ms. Peiser relocated to Flagstaff where she briefly worked in private practice before returning to prosecution as an Assistant City Attorney for the Flagstaff City Attorney’s Office. While with the City of Flagstaff, Pamela prosecuted domestic violence cases and numerous other misdemeanor offenses, including DUIs.

Ms. Peiser moved on to prosecute juvenile offenses at the Coconino County Attorney’s Office from 2004 until her departure to join the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in 2007. As an Assistant Attorney General, Ms. Peiser worked in the Protective Services Section where she represented then Child Protective Services, now the Department of Child Safety, in determining the dependency and permanency status of at-risk children.

In 2009, Ms. Peiser joined the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Executive Hearing Office as an Administrative Law Judge, issuing final agency decisions and orders. As an Administrative Law Judge, Ms. Peiser presided over hearings that included driver license and vehicle title determinations, as well as other matters arising under the regulatory authority of the Arizona Department of Transportation.

In 2011, Ms. Peiser returned to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, joining the Agency Counsel Section. Ms. Peiser currently represents a myriad of state agencies providing legal advice, some of which includes matters relating to public records requests, open meeting law, regulatory interests, and public monies. Ms. Peiser also provides agency representation in State and Federal court litigation. Ms. Peiser is a member of the Public Lawyers Section of the State Bar of Arizona and serves on its Executive Counsel.

Pamela Peiser has previously taught continuing education classes for the State Bar of Arizona, in addition to having taught at Coconino Community College. She currently teaches classes at Grand Canyon University.


Charles A Grube Related Seminars and Products


Charles A. Grube. Your friend Chuck has practiced law since Harvard Law School handed him a degree and demanded that he leave in 1980. Since then, he has practiced with two giant law firms, a medium firm and a small law partnership, as well as serving as in-house counsel in a major banking concern. For the last 27 years, he has been an Arizona assistant attorney general, helping many agencies comply with procurement issues discussed in this seminar.



Karen J Hartman-Tellez Related Seminars and Products

Senior Litigation Counsel

Office of Arizona Attorney General


KAREN J. HARTMAN-TELLEZ is Senior Counsel in the Civil Division of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. She has practiced law in Arizona for more than twenty years in the areas of civil litigation involving constitutional, education, employment, civil rights, media, and political law issues. For the last fifteen years, a substantial portion of her practice has focused on representation of state and county election officials, litigating matters at all levels of state and federal courts. Earlier in her career, she spent several years in private practice, where her practice focused on media, constitutional, voting rights, and federal Indian law. In 2008, she spearheaded the Arizona Election Protection program, a non-partisan voter assistance program. Karen graduated magna cum laude from the College of Law at Arizona State University. After obtaining her law degree, she completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Ruth V. McGregor, Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.


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Location

State Bar of Arizona, Daniel J. McAuliffe CLE Center

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