Total Credits: 3.5 CLE, 1 Ethics
This seminar will review significant cases from the Court’s completed term, provide a background of previous decisions, comment on individual justices’ perspectives, and preview petitions for certiorari for the upcoming term.
Speakers:
Hon. (Ret.) George Anagnost, Former Presiding Judge, Peoria Municipal Court
Prof. Paul Bender, Arizona State University-Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
Alane Breland, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community
Nicholas Klingerman, Arizona Attorney General's Office
is presiding judge for the Peoria Municipal Court where has been presiding judge for several years. He has participated in various continuing education presentations and has been published in various law journals.
is the Chief Prosecutor for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Ms. Breland received her B.A. cum laude from the University of Alabama, where she also obtained her Juris Doctor, receiving the Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award and the Dean Thomas W. Christopher Award. She serves on the Executive Board of Directors for the MISS Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides counseling and other services to families experiencing the death of a child.
served as Dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law at ASU from 1984 – 1989. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. After graduating from Harvard Law School, he clerked for Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Learned Hand and then served as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter. He was also a Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States.
is currently Chief Counsel for the Criminal Division of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, where he oversees the criminal prosecution sections, special investigation section, and the victims’ rights program. Prior to overseeing the Criminal Division, Nick was the Division Chief of the Training and Post Conviction Division at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, where he oversaw the training program, appeals bureau, and limited jurisdiction courts. During his career, Nick has specialized in both appellate and complex economic fraud, illegal enterprise, and anti-racketeering cases. He has prosecuted large-scale securities and land fraud cases and argued six cases in the Arizona Supreme Court, including notable capital cases such as State v. Goudeau, 239 Ariz. 421 (2016), and State v. Pandeli, 242 Ariz. 175 (2017). In 2022, Nick was recognized by the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council’s Large Jurisdiction Felony Prosecutor of the Year. Nick received his JD from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of law in 2010, where he was the Case Notes Editor for the Arizona Law Review and graduated summa cum laude and Order of the Coif. Before moving to Phoenix, Nick was a part-time professor of practice at the University of Arizona College of Law, teaching sentencing law and supervising the Attorney General Prosecution Clinic. Following law school, Nick clerked for the Honorable Maurice Portley in the Arizona Court of Appeals.
