State Bar of Arizona Course on Professionalism- (Virtual Course) - 01/14/25

Sara Rose Presler Related Seminars and Products

Sara Presler, Attorney

Sara Presler is an attorney and strategic leader in the cannabis industry. Mohave Cannabis Co. is home base where Sara serves as General Counsel for this multi-state operator engaged in cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations. Following three public service clerkships and low-income legal clinical experience, Sara’s career launched as a public defender and as an adjunct law instructor at Northern Arizona University and Coconino Community College. Then, Sara was twice elected Mayor of Flagstaff, Arizona and was the youngest person and first woman in that office. She’s since served as General Counsel for a global wind turbine company and CEO of a privately held medical company. Sara was selected as CEO of the Arizona Foundation for Women and guided the nonprofit to earn a landmark grant from the NFL Foundation then strategically partner with the Arizona Community Foundation. Her interests include teaching, raising awareness about autism, and advocating for LGBTQIA+ rights.

Danielle Miriam Dancho Related Seminars and Products

Senior Attorney

Hiser Joy

is an environmental attorney that has been practicing since 2006. She has worked in both government and private practice roles. She advises clients on permitting and compliance under the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and RCRA regulatory requirements. Danielle also performs environmental audits of facilities to ensure compliance under permits and rules. Danielle earned her B.S. from the University of Arizona and her J.D. from Arizona State University and passed the bar exam in Arizona, Idaho, and Colorado.

Teri Marscovetra Rowe Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Miller Weber Kory LLP

graduated from the University of Arizona with degrees in Physics and Astronomy. She interned for NASA, taught elementary school science, and ultimately worked as a systems engineer at Raytheon in the area of missile design. Teri left the engineering field and attended law school at Arizona State University, during which time she served as an editor on Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science, and Technology. Following graduation, she spent a decade working in a small firm where she handled primarily personal injury litigation, and also practiced in the areas of criminal defense, family law, and probate. As a partner at Miller Kory Rowe LLP, she has devoted the majority of her time to the firm’s nursing home litigation practice. However, she continues to represent victims of medical malpractice and other catastrophic injuries. Teri also serves on the Arizona Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Commission, where she sits on panels for discipline hearings and regularly serves as a mediator for discipline cases. In addition, she is a member of the AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group, as well as a Board Member of the Arizona Association of Justice (AzAJ) and serves on the AzAJ Seminar Committee.

Dee-Dee Samet Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Dee-Dee Samet PC

Dee-Dee Samet, B.A., L.L.B, J.D. U of A.; Past President of the State Bar of Arizona and past member Board of Governors; Past president and present member Executive Committee of the Federal Bar Association, Tucson Chapter; Past President Pima County Bar Association; past co-chair; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Worker's Compensation Section. Judge Pro Tempore, Pima County Superior Court, 1985- ; Member of the Family Law, Trial Practice, Worker's Compensation, Employment Law and ADR Sections; president Casa de Los Ninos Foundation; Board member Casa de los Ninos, Invisible Theatre.

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.

Megan K Page Related Seminars and Products

Pima County Public Defender's Office

Laura L Roubicek Related Seminars and Products

Deputy County Attorney

Office of the Arizona Attorney General

is a long-time Tucsonan and proud Arizona Wildcat, twice over. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Classical Humanities and from the University of Arizona in 1998 and then her law degree in 2003. She spent more than fifteen years as a prosecutor, first at the City of Tucson and then at Pima County, and has handled all nature of cases from civil traffic offenses to first degree murder before entering civil litigation where she has worked for most of the past four years. In addition to her extensive courtroom experience, with nearly 100 jury trials under her belt, she has also taught CLE’s for the Arizona State Bar, conducted in-house legal trainings on a variety of topics, and instructed law enforcement about various aspects of courtroom testimony, as well as having taught Basic Trial Advocacy at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law for seven years. Ms. Roubicek has been awarded the MADD Southern Arizona Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year and the Arizona Narcotics Officers Association Prosecutor of the Year. She currently works for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office in the Liability Management Section defending lawsuits against the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry.

Flynn P Carey Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman PC

Flynn Carey is a founder and member of Mitchell Stein Carey Chapman in Phoenix. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law (cum laude) where he was on Law Review, the recipient of the Honorable Rufus C. Coulter Scholarship and President of the Criminal Law Society. Flynn’s practice focuses on the defense of licensed professionals, criminal defense, school discipline, and Title IX litigation. He is one of only two attorneys recognized by the State Bar of Arizona as a Certified Specialist in Administrative Law. Flynn frequently represents and defends students in criminal matters.

Robert John Curigliano Related Seminars and Products

Robert J. Curigliano has been a licensed attorney since 2008. He was originally licensed in Pennsylvania state court, and the Western District of Pennsylvania. He was subsequently barred in Arizona in 2014 in both state and federal court. Mr. Curigliano has practiced in diverse fields including utilities law, bankruptcy law, domestic relations, criminal defense, and juvenile law. He has worked for the State of Arizona as an assistant attorney general, at a private law firm, operated his own private law firm, and for Pima County at the office of Children's Counsel. He currently operates a private law practice, Curigliano Law P.L.L.C., and is also currently a deputy legal defender for Cochise County.

Brian Y Furuya Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Arizona Court of Appeals - Division One

was appointed as a judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, by Gov. Doug Ducey effective January 25, 2021. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Furuya served as a deputy county attorney for Coconino County, in the office's civil division from 2016. In his government practice, Judge Furuya handled a wide variety of matters, including tax valuation appeals, code enforcement matters, general civil litigation, and providing legal advice and representation to local fire districts, as well as many county officers, commissions, and boards. From 2007 through 2015, he was in private practice, where he handled cases in the areas of real estate and business transactions, landlord-tenant, appellate, personal injury, and corporate and employment law, as well as civil litigation with the law firm of Aspey, Watkins & Diesel, P.L.L.C. Judge Furuya was named as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers in 2015 and again in 2016.

Residing with his family in Flagstaff, Judge Furuya is active in the community. In addition to volunteering for community focus groups for the City of Flagstaff, he has served as President of the Board of Directors for the Coconino County Bar Association, and was also selected as a member of the Flagstaff Leadership Program's class of 2013. From 2014 through 2021, he served as a member of the State Bar of Arizona's Board of Governors for District 1, representing Apache, Navajo, Coconino, and Mohave counties. He also filled a term as president of the State Bar of Arizona from 2019 to 2020. He continues his volunteer service to the legal community as a member of the Board of Directors for the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education.

Judge Furuya graduated with a degree, cum laude, from Brigham Young University in 2003, studying political science and philosophy. He attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School and was awarded a juris doctor degree in 2007. In law school, Judge Furuya was Managing Editor of Articles for the Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law. He also was an adjunct professor of law with the J. Reuben Clark Law School, teaching legal interviewing & counseling theory and technique until 2010. In addition to obtaining law licenses for all State and Federal courts in Arizona and the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Furuya was also admitted to practice before the courts of the Navajo Nation in 2008, where he took pro bono cases to serve indigent members of the tribe.

William McHenry Horne Related Seminars and Products

has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including business disputes, civil rights actions, and administrative law. He currently serves as an assistant attorney general for the State of Arizona. He has also worked as an attorney for the Phoenix firm of Wilenchik & Bartness, a deputy attorney general for the State of Indiana, an associate for a Indianapolis business litigation firm, and in private practice as the owner and primary attorney with Horne Legal LLC. Following law school, he clerked for a U.S. District Court judge for one year. Prior to his legal career, he worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Alabama and Indiana, lastly at The Indianapolis Star. He lives in Scottsdale with his wife, Sally, and enjoys rowing and writing in his spare time.

Joel Levine Related Seminars and Products

Joel Levine, Esq.

has extensive business, legal and ADR experience which includes working for large law firms before starting his own mid-sized firm, cofounding a financial/real estate company which he eventually took public in the first Section 351 Roll up in the real estate industry and cofounding Gibraltar Entertainment where he served as CEO and produced 12 movies and 52 episodes of television. For the past 24 years Joel has concentrated in ADR as an Arbitrator in over 200 cases, a Mediator in over 2000 matters as well as serving as a Receiver and Special Master. Joel now focuses on arbitration and his practice involves a wide range of commercial matters including business, employment, construction, technology, intellectual property, insurance, real estate, finance, health care, personal injury and malpractice. Joel arbitrates party-appointed and ad hoc matters as well as serving on several institutional panels including the American Arbitration Association. Joel is a member of the Arizona, New York and Florida Bars, Southern and Middle U.S. District Courts of Florida, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is highly rated in several peer publications and has an "AV Preeminent" rating in Martindale-Hubbell. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo and Harvard Law School and served in the Peace Corps in Venezuela. He welcomes inquiries related to arbitration and would be pleased to help work through any questions you may have.

Paul A Katz Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Maricopa County Superior Court

Judge (retired) Paul A. Katz is a graduate of Chicago Kent College of Law in 1976. He served 7 years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, engaged in private practice performing commercial and environmental litigation as well as white collar criminal defense. He served as a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge from August 1989 until December 31, 2010. He then worked for 14 months as a deputy Maricopa County Public Defender and was then hired by the Arizona Attorney General’s office in its Natural Resources Section. He retired a second time from the Arizona Attorney General’s office on February 28, 2023 and is now working part time as a Maricopa County pro tem Justice of the Peace. He is also currently serving as a member of the Arizona State Bar’s Civil Practice and Procedure Committee and is on the board of directors of the University of Michigan Letterwinners M Club.

Matthew E McGregor Related Seminars and Products

Intake Bar Counsel

State Bar of Arizona

Matt McGregor is Bar Counsel with the State Bar of Arizona’s Intake department. Born and raised in the far suburbs of Chicago, IL., his first legal job was with the Maricopa County Attorney’s office, where he worked from 2002 – 2007. Matt worked in the Preliminary Hearing, Juvenile, and Family Violence Bureaus. Matt then moved over to the State Bar of Arizona’s Lawyer Regulation department in 2007, where he worked as a Litigation Bar Counsel, and then transitioned into a part of the Intake department. In 2011, Matt returned to the County Attorney’s office, where he worked in Charging / Grand Jury, Family Violence, Gangs, and as a Mentor for newer attorneys in the Preliminary Hearing bureau. Matt then returned to the State Bar’s Intake department in February 2016, and he also assists in conducting in-person law office assessments for the State Bar’s Law Office Management Assistance Program. Matt regularly teaches as part of the State Bar of Arizona’s Professionalism Course and other CLEs.

Stephen P Little Related Seminars and Products

State Bar of Arizona

is Senior Bar Counsel in the State Bar of Arizona's Lawyer Regulation Division and a Judge Pro Tempore for the Maricopa County Superior Court. Steve has prosecuted numerous Lawyer Regulation cases over the years, in addition to presenting substantive CLEs on legal ethics and professional responsibility. Steve also runs and oversees the State Bar's Law Office Management Assistance Program, which offers in-person law office management assistance to lawyers in need. Steve has previously worked as Assistant Ethics Counsel for the State Bar, as a prosecutor for the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in the Major Crimes Division, and has run his own legal practice, representing personal injury clients and defending lawyers from ethics and malpractice complaints.

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.

Stephanie Lee Ehrbright Related Seminars and Products

moved to Arizona in 2007 to be closer to her family. She soon became licensed both in Arizona State Court and Federal Court in the District of Arizona. After working at another firm for a few years, she opened her own Criminal Defense firm in Phoenix in 2011. Ms. Ehrbright defends people accused of crimes ranging from Misdemeanors up to Second Degree Murder. Stephanie also has extensive experience in representing individuals who are mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or have other cognitive issues and are involved with specialty treatment courts and/or Rule 11 competency courts. Stephanie Lee Ehrbright, Esq. graduated cum laude from Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York where she earned the Law Trustee Merit Scholarship for all three years. While in law school, Ms. Ehrbright interned with the Ninth Judicial District, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, competed in several Trial Advocacy Competitions, and was a Student Attorney in a Criminal Justice Clinic where she represented indigent clients in the Bronx, New York. Prior to law school, Ms. Ehrbright earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, with dual minors in Race & Ethnic Studies and Philosophy, from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. In addition to running her own law firm, Ms. Ehrbright enjoys giving back to the community through activities such as Coaching Metro Tech High School's Mock Trial program for ten years and volunteering as a judge for the State and National High School Mock Trial Competitions. Stephanie has also given her time to speaking engagements such as being a panelist at Law4AZ's Library Law Day, been a volunteer for AZFLSE's Diversity Pipeline Project, and is currently a member of the Arizona State Bar's Peer Support Network to help other attorneys who are going through tough times in their lives. She has also served on many State Bar Committees including just ending a six year tenure on the Elder Law, Special Needs, and Mental Health Committee and being a current member of both the Appointments Committee and the Special Constitutional Appointments Committee. She encourages all attorneys to look for ways they can give back to their community.

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.

Daniel S Jurkowitz Related Seminars and Products

Pima County Attorney's Office

Daniel 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, and is a past president of the Pima County Bar Association and the Pima County Bar Foundation. 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.

Hon. Lisa Ilka Abrams Related Seminars and Products

Pima County Superior Court, Division 63

Honorable Lisa Ilka Abrams was appointed to the position of Superior Court Judge in January 2021. Prior to her appointment, she served as a Superior Court Commissioner for 11 years. She currently serves on the family law bench. She has previously served on the juvenile bench and the probate bench. Lisa has been a member of the Pima County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board since 2012 and served two terms on the board of the Arizona Association of Family and Conciliation Courts. She currently serves on the Commission on Diversity, Equality, and Justice in the Judiciary. She is a former partner of the law firm of Karp & Weiss, P.C. where she practiced in the areas of family, school, and juvenile law. She started her career as a Pima County Public Defender and as in-house counsel for TUSD. She earned her BA, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Smith College, and her JD from the University of Arizona, College of Law. Lisa is actively involved in dog rescue and has six (yes, really) dogs.

Kendra Owens-Johnson Related Seminars and Products

Membership Administration Services Manager

State Bar of Arizona

is the Membership Administration and Services Manager and Mentor Program Director at the State Bar of Arizona. Prior to working at the State Bar, she was a Prosecutor for 18 years in multiple jurisdictions including City of Scottsdale, Maricopa County and Ak-Chin Indian Community. As a Prosecutor she tried over 100 bench trials and 25 jury trials. In 2010, she decided to expand her legal career and began teaching in the Criminal Justice and Security Program at the University of Phoenix where she continues to be an adjunct faculty member. She also taught Criminal Justice courses at Grand Canyon University. Kendra is a graduate of Arizona State University and Southwestern Law School.