State Bar of Arizona Course on Professionalism (Virtual Course) - 01/13/26

Steven C Barclay Related Seminars and Products

President

Barclay Legal PLC

is a Senior Consultant with Consilium Consulting, a Phoenix-based firm that specializes in city, county, state, and federal government affairs, legislative affairs, and general consulting. Steve brings over 40 years of experience in lobbying, government relations, and regulatory law. A native Arizonan and seasoned lawyer-lobbyist, he has successfully represented national and local clients before the Arizona Legislature, Executive Branch, and federal and local agencies. Known for his strategic problem-solving and business development expertise, Steve helps clients navigate regulatory challenges and expand market opportunities. Consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms, he strengthens Consilium’s ability to deliver results in Arizona’s evolving policy landscape.

Robert M Charles Jr Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP

is a partner in the law firm of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP. Rob practices primarily bankruptcy law and commercial litigation in Arizona and Nevada. Rob is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. Rob served as Chair and member of the State Bar of Arizona Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct. Rob lectures and writes extensively on bankruptcy law and legal ethics and is Professor of Practice (adjunct faculty) at the James E. Rogers University of Arizona College of Law teaching Introduction to Business Reorganization in Bankruptcy. Rob is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, including the ABI Southwest advisory board, and was a member of the ABI National Ethics Task Force. Rob is vice chair of the Professional Ethics subcommittee of the Business Bankruptcy Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law. Rob joined the law firm in 1984 after a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Earl H. Carroll, U.S.D.C., Arizona.

Amy Hernandez Related Seminars and Products

Owner

Amy Hernandez received her law degree in 2003 from Drake University (with Honors). After law school she served as a law clerk at the Arizona Court of Appeals. Ms. Hernandez has served on the Civil Practice & Procedure Committee for the State Bar of Arizona and as the Chair of the State Bar Trial Practice Section. She is a former member of the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court and a former board member for the Arizona Association of Justice. She now serves on the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors. Ms. Hernandez served in the United States Army from 1996 - 2000 as a military intelligence analyst. Ms. Hernandez owns Amy Hernandez Law, PLLC where she focuses her practice on plaintiff’s medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and general personal injury.

Michele M Feeney Related Seminars and Products

Michele M Feeney LLC

Michele Feeney is the founder of Michele M. Feeney LLC where her legal practice is devoted to mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. She formerly litigated cases in the areas of medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, and other tort litigation. Michele has served as adjunct faculty at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at Arizona State University for several years, where she teaches “Creative Writing for Lawyers” and “Effective Meeting Management.” Michele designed and implemented comprehensive associate training programs at Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, Blakley and Randolph, P.C. and Doyle, Winthrop, P.C. Michele has planned and participated in extensive Continuing Legal Education programs for the Maricopa County Bar Association, the State Bar of Arizona, the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Arizona, the Arizona Association for Conflict Resolution, the National Business Institute, the Piper Writers’ Center at ASU, and others. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals, Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors 1998-2006), and the ADR section of the Arizona State Bar (Vice Chair 2010-2011 and Chair 2011-2012). Michele earned her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame.

David B Rosenbaum Related Seminars and Products

Osborn Maledon PA

David Rosenbaum. Mr. Rosenbaum’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts. He has represented public companies and their officers and directors in numerous securities fraud class actions, represented Fortune 50 companies in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, including securities and intellectual property litigation, class action claims, as well as other large commercial disputes.

David has served as President of the Federal Bar Association Phoenix Chapter and as Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. He currently serves on the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors and the Board of Directors at the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education. He has been recognized in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business by Chambers USA and has been named multiple times as Lawyer of the Year for Phoenix in Best Lawyers® and as a Top 100 Lawyer in Arizona by AZ Business Magazine.

David chaired the Arizona Supreme Court Business Court Advisory Committee, which led to the creation of Maricopa County’s Commercial Court. He co-chaired the Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on the Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure, which led to the full restyling of Arizona’s Rules in 2015.

Joel W Nomkin Related Seminars and Products

Perkins Coie LLP

Joel Nomkin has decades of experience in appellate practice and commercial litigation with Perkins Coie. He has served as Managing Partner of the firm’s Phoenix office, as a member of the firmwide Management Committee, and has chaired its Appeals, Issues, and Strategy practice group. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a member of the American Law Institute, and previously served in the U.S. Department of Justice, both as a trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division and on the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division. In addition to his appellate practice, Joel also litigates cases at the trial level on business and public law issues. He teaches the course on Federal Courts as an Adjunct Professor at ASU’s law school.

Samin Adib Related Seminars and Products

Commissioner Samin Adib is a Commissioner with the Superior Court of Maricopa County. She currently presides over a criminal calendar in Early Disposition Court, or EDC. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Commissioner Adib was a prosecutor at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for 10 years. Commissioner Adib was born in Iran and immigrated with her family to the United States when she was 6. She has lived most of her life in Arizona, attending The University of Arizona where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She received her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, wine, and her peloton bike.

Jesse L Delaney Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Law Office of Jesse L. Delaney

is currently in private practice, focusing primarily on juvenile law and estate planning. A large part of her practice is devoted to serving as a Guardian ad Litem for children, vulnerable adults and crime victims. Previously, she served as an Assistant Arizona Attorney General, assigned to the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Section from 2011 to 2018. There she specialized in Vulnerable Adult Abuse, neglect, sexual assault and financial exploitation cases and worked directly with local law enforcement, APS, DHS and other agencies that provide services to the most vulnerable members of our community. Prior to the Arizona Attorney General's Office she was a Deputy Pima County Attorney from 2006 to 2011. She was the original prosecutor assigned to the Domestic Violence Court and sought justice for hundreds of Victims. She moved on to the Felony Domestic Violence and Violent Crimes Units where she tried over sixty cases to a jury. She is well-known for her ability to try cases without the assistance (or presence) of the Victim. She frequently instructs law enforcement, Victim advocates, social workers, hospital staff and fellow attorneys. Her true passion is seeking justice for Victims and vulnerable members of our community.

Lisa C Thompson Related Seminars and Products

Thompson Law Group PC

has been practicing business law for almost 30 years. She is certified to practice law in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Washington, D.C. Lisa publishes three books for Thomson Reuters annually. Lisa also is the author of Arizona Legal Forms – Debtor-Creditor (Second Edition) and Arizona Legal Forms – Limited Liability Companies and Partnerships (Third Edition). She is also the co-author of the Arizona Business Law Deskbook series (Volumes 9, 9A, 10 and 10A). Lisa has owned her own law firm since 1997 and focuses her practice on all areas of business law throughout the lifecycle of a business (start-up, maintenance, transactions and dissolution).

Jon David Eliason Related Seminars and Products

Bureau Chief

Maricopa County Attorney's Office

Jon Eliason is currently the Homicide Bureau Chief for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. In this capacity, he supervises nearly all homicide cases in Maricopa County. Previously, Jon was a Division Chief, supervising all child crimes, sex crimes, and domestic violence cases, and led the County’s efforts to test all un-tested rape kits and saw that each case was investigated.

Jon is a career prosecutor, successfully conducting numerous jury trials. In his previous role as the Mesa City Prosecutor, he implemented many successful protocols for the prosecution of domestic violence and DUI cases. He believes that the most important thing a prosecutor can do is seek to be ethical in all aspects of prosecution and to work to improve the quality of life for the community.

Jon has received numerous awards and commendations for his work, and has been recognized by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, and numerous cities throughout Arizona for his work and dedication as a prosecutor. He sits on the Governor’s Commission to Prevent Violence Against Women, the Arizona Forensic Academy, and is a board member of the Arizona Foundation for Women. He is a frequent lecturer at schools, police departments, and legal conferences, and has taught for the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council, the National District Attorney’s Association, and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Jon received a BS from Brigham Young University and his JD from Temple Law School.

Lauren R Talkington Related Seminars and Products

Associate

Snell & Wilmer LLP

Lauren Talkington is an attorney with Snell & Wilmer. Her practice is concentrated in private client services, specifically estate planning, probate, as well as estate and trust litigation. She has extensive experience in preparing estate planning documents to fit clients’ needs, including wills, revocable or irrevocable trusts, as well as incapacity planning documents such as financial and health care powers of attorney. Lauren also provides advice regarding income, gift, and estate tax issues with experience in preparing taxable estate tax returns and gift tax returns. She has widespread knowledge of fiduciary service matters, including matters of complex estate and trust administration. Lauren is a Certified Estate and Trust Law Specialist through the State Bar of Arizona and licensed to practice in Nevada. She received her Bachelors from Northern Arizona University (Business Economics and International Affairs) and her JD from the University of Arizona.

Hon. Daniel Gregory Sakall Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Pima County Superior Court

Honorable Greg Sakall is a Pima County Superior Court Judge. He is currently that court’s Associate Presiding Judge and Civil Presiding. Previously, he was assigned to the family bench and served as that bench’s presiding judge. He also serves as the Chair of the Committee on Family Court, and the Spousal Maintenance Guideline Review Subcommittee. In 2023, he was selected as Judge of the Year by the Arizona Supreme Court. After law school, Judge Sakall clerked for U.S. District Judges William D. Browning and Cindy K. Jorgenson, and afterwards was in private practice. He has also been an adjunct associate professor and is a guest lecturer at the James E. Rogers College of Law.
Education: Hillsdale College (B.A., summa cum laude, double major in Spanish & History); University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (J.D., summa cum laude).

Dee R Giles Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Windtberg Law, PLC

Dee Giles is a partner at Schneider & Onofry, a mid-sized firm with offices in Phoenix and Yuma. He has been with the firm for seventeen years. Dee is a litigator and appellate attorney, with a focus on civil and family law issues. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona’s Professionalism Advisory Council. In his spare time, he enjoys the outdoors and sports. He coaches soccer and enjoys the opportunity to work with youth.

Bernardo McGee Velasco Related Seminars and Products

Assistant Attorney General

San Carlos Apache Tribe Attorney General's Office

(Bern) primarily practices construction and general appeals with Mesch Clark Rothschild in Tucson, where he has been since 2018. Bern clerked with the Honorable Peter J. Eckerstrom of the Arizona Court of Appeals after graduating from the University of Arizona. In his free time, Bern competes around the Southwest with the Bicycle Ranch Tucson Race Team. Although fast for a lawyer, it turns out lawyers are slower than other professionals.

Rene S Alcoverde Jr Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Tohono O'odham Nation

, Jr., Esq. was born and raised in Tucson (of O’odham and Mexican Descent). He graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (2006), from the Pre-Law Summer Institute (2003), from the University of Arizona (2003), and Sahuarita High School (1999). Rene practiced law for just over 10 years before taking the bench with the Tohono O’odham Nation in April of 2017. He served as Deputy Chief Judge from October 1, 2022, until December 14, 2023. He currently serves as the Chief Judge for the Judicial Branch. Before taking the bench, Rene practiced before federal, Arizona state and tribal courts. His practice areas included: civil, family and probate litigation. He also handled appeals before Division One, Division Two and the Arizona Supreme Court.

Kristine Beaudoin Related Seminars and Products

Perkins Coie LLP

Kristie Beaudoin was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, before attending college at Fordham University in New York City and Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina. Kristie was a litigator at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in its New York and Washington, D.C. offices before moving back to Phoenix to join Perkins Coie LLP, where she specializes in employment law and commercial litigation. Kristie is an active member of the State Bar of Arizona, serving on the Labor & Employment Law Section’s CLE Committee and on the State Bar Convention Working Group. She frequently presents CLEs and authors articles on employment-related issues.

Ivelisse Bonilla Related Seminars and Products

Awerkamp Bonilla & Giles PLC

Ivelisse Bonilla has practiced civil rights and employment and labor law for 27 years. Since 2013, Ivelisse has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America in Employment Law-Individuals, as one of the Southwest Super Lawyers in Employment and Labor Law, and in Tucson Lifestyle and one of the best lawyers in Tucson in Employment Law. In 1997, Ivelisse joined McConnell Valdes representing employers. From 2000 to 2001, she served as Deputy General Counsel for the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration in Washington, D.C. While in Washington, she pursued an L.L.M., with a concentration in employment law at Georgetown University. She then returned to McConnell Valdes to continue her practice. In 2004, she moved to Tucson and in 2008, Ivelisse and Don Awerkamp formed Awerkamp & Bonilla, PLC, now Awerkamp, Bonilla & Giles, a law firm in Tucson practicing only employment law. Ivelisse is a past Chair of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Arizona Labor and Employment Law Section and former President of the Federal Bar Association, Tucson Chapter. Ivelisse is also a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Hon. Casey F McGinley Related Seminars and Products

Honorable Casey McGinley was appointed to the Superior Court in June 2018. He has served on the juvenile, civil, and criminal benches, and currently serves as Criminal Presiding Judge. Judge McGinley previously served as a full time Judge Pro Tempore on the Superior Court’s criminal bench. Judge McGinley graduated with honors from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and a minor in economics. In his senior year, he served as a Legislative Intern for The Hon. Jane D. Hull, Governor of Arizona. He attended law school at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and in his second year, Judge McGinley served as a legal intern for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl. After earning his J.D. in 2003, Judge McGinley clerked for The Hon. Christopher C. Browning of the Pima County Superior Court before joining the Pima County Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted various criminal charges, including vehicular and violent offenses, and cold case homicides.

Laura E Udall Related Seminars and Products

Laura E. Udall PLLC

Laura Udall is a criminal defense attorney in private practice in her hometown of Tucson, Arizona. She attended the University of California at Berkeley for her undergraduate degree and received her law degree from the University of Utah. Following law school she clerked for the Honorable Alfredo Marquez for District Court in Arizona. She then went to work at the Pima County Public Defender for 4 years. In 1992 she and Dan Cooper opened their firm, Cooper and Udall PC, and practiced together until 2021 when she opened her solo firm Laura E. Udall PLLC. Laura has tried over 110 cases to jury verdict. She is qualified as learned counsel for capital work in both Federal and State jurisdictions. She has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona teaching trial advocacy since 2010. Laura was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2017.

M June Harris Related Seminars and Products

served as a Hearing Officer and Judge Pro Tempore for the Arizona Superior Court in Pima County. She is a Member-at-Large on the State Bar’s Indian Law Section Executive Committee. Prior to her appointment, she served as Special Counsel for the Tohono O’odham Judicial Branch for 15 years. There, she advised and represented the Branch on a variety of administrative and legal matters ranging from employment issues to judicial ethics and points in between. She initiated and published Tohono O’odham case law and rules of court, and prosecuted judges for judicial misconduct. She has extensive experience in tribal law, serving as a tribal prosecutor for the White Mountain Apache Tribe and as a public defender for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, as well as juvenile, guardianship, and adoption matters on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Ms. Harris published articles in the Arizona Attorney regarding tribal practice, and presented on access to justice in rural Arizona, as well as professional responsibility. She graduated from Smith College with an A.B. in English and holds her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law.

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.