State Bar of Arizona Course on Professionalism (Virtual Course) - 10/14/25

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 on the Firm’s Management Committee and 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 active appellate practice, Joel also litigates cases at the trial level on a spectrum of business and public law issues, and advises clients on risk management strategies.

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.

Marianne T Bayardi Related Seminars and Products

Maricopa County Attorney

Honorable Marianne Bayardi became the Presiding Judge of the Scottsdale City Court on March 21, 2022. Prior to Joining Scottsdale, she served for 15 years both as an Associate Judge and, from 2019 – 2022, as the Assistant Presiding Judge of the Phoenix Municipal Court. In both courts, she presides over criminal misdemeanor and civil protective order cases. She is a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on the Impact of Domestic Violence and the Courts and the Committee on Limited Jurisdiction Courts as well as the Judicial Conference Planning Committee.

Marianne was born near Chicago, Illinois and raised in Phoenix. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 1987. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1991. Among other things, she was a published law review author and served as an Executive Note Editor. Judge Bayardi joined the Robbins & Green law firm after law school where she engaged primarily in plaintiff and defense litigation in wrongful death and personal injury matters. She later worked at Steven J. Wells and Associates as in-house counsel for State Farm practicing insurance defense. Marianne also served as a Deputy Maricopa County Attorney where she prosecuted felonies. She later returned to a civil practice defending the Arizona Department of Transportation in wrongful death and personal injury cases at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Following that, she served as an Administrative Law Judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings before being appointed to the Phoenix Municipal Court bench. Marianne and her wife Jenni have been married for 27 years and have three children.

Kristine Beaudoin Related Seminars and Products

Perkins Coie LLP

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 and is a regular contributor to the Workplace Rules podcast series, where leading experts discuss the most recent trends and regulations in employment.

Booker Travis Evans Related Seminars and Products

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.

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. 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.

John Maston O'Neal Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Quarles & Brady LLP

John M. O’Neal is a commercial litigation partner with Quarles, and has been practicing since 1994. John also serves as Quarles’ general counsel.

Danielle Nicole Chronister Related Seminars and Products

Associate

Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson PC

Dani Chronister is a Partner with Broening Oberg Woods & Wilson. She moved to the Valley from her home state of Missouri to attend law school at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. She joined Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, PC as a law clerk in 2017 and was invited to become a partner in 2023. She maintains a diverse civil defense practice which includes general liability, correctional healthcare and professional liability. She dedicates the majority of her practice to Bar disciplinary matters and defending lawyers in legal malpractice actions. She has defended arbitrations, taken and defended numerous depositions, participated in dozens of administrative hearings and settlement conferences, and defended multiple trials before the presiding disciplinary judge and disciplinary hearing panel. Before practicing law, Dani studied journalism at the University of Missouri.

Samuel A Thumma Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Arizona Court of Appeals - Division One

Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, Phoenix, Arizona, since 2012, and Chief Judge 2017-2019. Sam is a member of the National Judicial College Board of Trustees; is a Uniform Law Commissioner, where he serves as Secretary and on the Executive Committee and is an ABA Presidential appointee to the Advisory Council of the ABA Task Force on Law and Artificial Intelligence and the Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral and Information Services. He is a member of the Joint Technology Committee, appointed by the National Center for State Courts, and is an Advisor to the American Law Institute’s RESTATEMENT OF LAW (THIRD) OF TORTS: REMEDIES project. Sam chairs Arizona’s Commission on Access to Justice, having previously chaired various Committees, Commissions and Task Forces for the Arizona Supreme Court and the State Bar of Arizona. In 2023, he received the James A. Walsh Outstanding Jurist Award from the State Bar of Arizona and, in 2021, he was named the Judge of the Year by the Arizona Supreme Court. Sam co-teaches evidence at ASU’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He has presented at more than 500 law-related programs in more than 20 states and published 18 law review articles, six book chapters and nearly 70 other law-related articles. Sam served as a Judge on the Maricopa County Superior Court for five years; a partner at Perkins Coie Brown & Bain, P.A., Phoenix, and an associate at Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C. He clerked for Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Stanley G. Feldman and Federal Judge David R. Hansen, Northern District of Iowa. Sam received a Master of Laws, Duke University School of Law (2020); J.D., Order of the Coif, University of Iowa College of Law (1988), and B.S., Iowa State University (1984), where he was a Truman Scholar.

Terri L Clarke Related Seminars and Products

Maricopa County Superior Court

Honorable Terri L Clarke was a prosecutor with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for over 17 years. Ms. Clarke has tried over 85 felony cases to Arizona Superior Court juries and has lectured at national, state, and local seminars to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and community groups about criminal justice topics. She also taught as adjunct faculty at Glendale Community College and taught courses in the "Detective School" program to police officers. Since 2010, she has served as a Commissioner/Judge Pro Tempore with Maricopa County Superior Court.

Timothy J Agan Related Seminars and Products

Maricopa Coutny Office of the Legal Advocate

is an attorney with the Maricopa County Office of Legal Advocate (OLA) Capital PCR Unit, handling State Post-Conviction litigation in death penalty cases. Tim has previously worked with the Arizona Justice Project and as a trial attorney at both OLA and the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office. Tim was the Deputy Director of OLA from 2007 until 2017. Tim has substantial experience in forensic science issues, death penalty litigation and trial practice. Tim has been active in Continuing Legal Education having presented seminars for numerous organizations that include the National Institute of Justice, the Arizona Supreme Court, the Maricopa County Superior Court, the Arizona State Bar, The Arizona Public Defender’s Association, The Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Arizona Prosecuting Attorney’s Advisory Council, the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office, the National Innocence Network and the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology. Tim has also served as adjunct faculty at the Sandra Day O’Connor school of Law. He has also done numerous community presentations on legal and criminal justice issues for law school, college, high school and community groups. Tim has served on several Arizona Supreme Court commissions and committees, along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Forensic Advisory Commission and Forensic Science Academy Board. Tim is a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. Tim may be reached at tim.agan@maricopa.gov or at 602.506.1295.

James J Belanger Related Seminars and Products

JBelanger Law PLLC

practices white-collar criminal defense, response to government investigation, lawyer discipline and ethics, and civil, regulatory and administrative litigation. Jim is listed in Best Lawyers in America® in six categories: (i) Criminal Defense; (ii) White Collar Criminal Defense; (iii) Ethics and Professional Liability; (iv) Commercial Litigation; (v) Regulatory Litigation; and (vi) Qui Tam Litigation. He is also listed in the top tier of Chambers USA® for White Collar Criminal Defense and Government Investigations, in Southwest Super Lawyers® for White Collar Criminal Defense, and is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell®. Jim has also been a member of the Arizona State Bar Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and advises lawyers on ethical compliance issues and, represents lawyers in disciplinary proceedings before the State Bar of Arizona.

David E Wood Related Seminars and Products

Associate

Dessaules Law Group

David Wood started his litigation practice with ten years as a prosecutor, first with the Arizona Attorney General and later with the Maricopa County Attorney. He worked on appeals, and later homicides, gang, and cartel cases as a trial attorney. David left for private practice, with a broad practice of business, property, contracts, civil rights, and fraud litigation. David loves teaching this course as he believes that acting professionally is critical to the wellbeing of all attorneys working in this stressful industry.

Samin Adib Related Seminars and Products

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.

Robert Erven Brown Related Seminars and Products

Coordinator Church & Ministry Law Group

Schmitt Schneck Even & Williams PC

Robert Erven Brown has been practicing law for over 45 years with a focus in real estate, commercial transactions and charitable organizations. He represented clients in commercial and real estate transactions, ongoing business transactions, with particular expertise in church and para-church ministries and in medical real estate transactions. Through his nonprofit work over the last 20 plus years, he represents secular and faith-based nonprofit entities, including churches, synagogues, gurdwaras, temples, denominations, Christian schools, rescue missions, a seminary, an adoption agency, prison transition ministries, human services organizations, health-related charities, and other faith-based entities.

Working closely with his nonprofit clients, Bob is a frequent seminar speaker and a trusted advisor to executive leaders, board members and committees in identifying risks and implementing appropriate protections for key assets of the organization. He counsels boards and leadership teams on multi-site church development, church mergers, board governance, campus development and construction, entity planning services, real estate asset protection, insurance coverage and other aspects of ongoing operations.

After years of extensive involvement in the nonprofit sector, Bob developed a comprehensive program to guide nonprofit operations. The Campus Preservation Planningtm program protects critical assets of faith-based ministries and secular charities against uninsurable, under-insured, and uninsured unjust claims, while simultaneously improving overall risk management and stewardship performance. This program has been adopted by nonprofit organizations across the country.

Robin Lee Dugas Related Seminars and Products

Steven L Bosse Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Bosse Rollman PC

Steven L. Bossé is a partner with Bossé Rollman P.C. He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Arizona College of Law. He is a certified tax specialist, certified by the Arizona State Bar Legal Specialization Committee. His practice is concentrated in the creation of, and tax planning for, entities (including fringe benefits).

Teresa Danielle Lancaster Related Seminars and Products

Attorney

Bogutz & Gordon PC

Teresa Lancaster started her life in Fargo, North Dakota where she graduated high school before moving to Arizona for college (and warmer weather). After graduating from the university of Arizona in 2005 and from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 2008, Teresa became member of the Arizona State Bar. She started her career at Bogutz & Gordon, P.C. in 2008 and became a Shareholder in 2015. She has focused her career in the area of Probate and Trust, becoming a certified specialist by the Arizona State Bar in 2015. Teresa is a member of the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel, serves on the Arizona Fiduciary Board through the Arizona Supreme Court, was the past president of the Arizona chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and made the Best Lawyers list for 2022 and 2023. In her free time, she enjoys her family, including her husband and two daughters.

Alexis L Pheiffer Related Seminars and Products

Managing Partner, Mediator

Law Office of Alexis Pheiffer PLLC

Alexis Pheiffer is a mediator, facilitator, and investigator based in Phoenix, Arizona. She focuses her mediation practice on resolution of workplace disputes. Alexis is an AAA Affiliate and MC3 certified mediator and a member of the SheResolves mediator network. She is also the immediate Past Chair of the Executive Council for the ADR Section of the State Bar of Arizona and an active member of the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA), recently completing her second stint as co-chair of SCMA’s Employment Mediation Institute. Learn more about Alexis and her approach to dispute resolution at alexispheiffer.com.

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.

Reid P Potter Related Seminars and Products

Reid P. Potter works with lawyers and law firms in all legal ethics law and risk management aspects. Mr. Potter has over a decade of experience in compliance and legal roles, previously serving as Intake Bar Counsel at the State Bar of Arizona. In his role, he evaluated and investigated complaints against lawyers alleging violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. With a deep knowledge of the ethical rules surrounding the legal profession, he played a key role in determining whether violations had actually taken place. As a Practice Management Advisor and Attorney, he provided guidance and resources to lawyers on best practices for managing their practices ethically and efficiently.

Before joining the State Bar of Arizona, he had served as Chief Compliance Office and General Counsel at EZ-Messenger, a legal support services provider located in 15 states. In his role, Mr. Potter led the quality and compliance team, oversaw compliance and security programs, and negotiated contracts and service agreements.