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

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 wrested degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Harvard Law School, launched into private practice, moved to Arizona, segued into an in-house position with a big bank, and found his happy place with the Office of the Arizona Attorney General in 1997. Ever since he has advised and represented the State and its agencies in matters involving public monies, contracts, constitutional challenges, public records, and the Open Meetings Law, among a host of other things. He has tried cases at every administrative and judicial level and handled appeals at every level in the state and federal system. He is an avid fly fisherman and a pretty good cook, as well as a frequent speaker on legal topics.

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.

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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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