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Practice Areas: Complex Insurance Coverage; Excess Insurance; First and Third Party Insurance; Bad Faith; Coverage Litigation; Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice; Employment Law; Civil Litigation

Additional Information: Maricopa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Recipient, Outstanding Contribution to CLE Award, 1999).

Recipient, Best Oral Advocate Award, 2nd Year Moot Court Competition. Member: National Moot Court Team, University of Arizona, 1981; National Order of Barristers; Who's Who in American Law (5th Ed.). Author: Books: Arizona Liability Insurance Law (1998) (705 Pages Hardbound), 2001 supplement (115 Pages), 2006 Supplement (400 pages); Senior Author, Couch on Insurance 3rd edition, Periodicals: "The Changing Landscape of Eleventh Amendment Immunity in the Context of the American's with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act After Garrett: Are Arizona School Districts Beyond Suit?" 34 Ariz. State L.J. 873 (Fall 2002); "The Changing Face of Global Terrorism and a New Look of War: An Analysis of the War-Risk Exclusion in the Wake of the Anniversary of September 11, and Beyond. 39 Willamette L. Rev. 31 (Winter 2003); "Disability Under a Judicial Microscope: The Struggle to Define the Rights and Remedies for Claims Brought Under the Rehabilitation Act," 47 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 269 (Fall 2003); "Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama vs. Garrett: Is Constitutional Authority for Sale and is State Sovereign Immunity the Purchase Price?," 13 Geo. Mason U. Civ. Rts. L.J. 151 (Spring 2003). "The Elastic Contours of Attorney-Client Privilege and Waiver In the Context of Insurance Company Bad Faith: There's A Chill in the Air," 34 Seton Hall L. Rev. 513 (Winter 2003); "The Evolving Boundaries of Damron/Morris Agreements: A Search For the Missing Link, A Judicial Determination of the Length of a Reasonable Person's Arm and Other Progressive Issues," 35 Ariz. St. L.J. 1331 (Winter 2003); "Judicial Abstinence: Ninth Circuit Jurisdictional Celibacy for Claims Brought Under the Federal Declaratory Judgment," 27 Seattle U.L.Rev. 751 (Issue 3, Spring 2004); "The Punitive Damages Lottery Chase Is Over: Is There a Regulatory Alternative to the Tort of Common Law Bad Faith and Does It Provide an Alternative Deterrent?" 37 Ariz. St. L.J. 1221 (Vol 4, February 2006); "The Mode of Operation Rule: A Slippery Issue for the Arizona Trial Bar," Arizona Bar Journal, Vol. 21 No. 4, 1986; republished by West Publishing Company, Westlaw National Text & Periodicals-Torts Data Base, 1986; "When is a Standardized Insurance Contract Binding: The Development of the Reasonable Expectation Doctrine in Arizona," Arizona Bar Journal, Vol. 23, No. 5, 1988; "Let's Make a Deal: A Requiem for Reservation of Rights Defenses in Arizona," Arizona Bar Journal, Vol. 23, No. 6, 1988; "Guaranteeing Personal Injury Recoveries: A Practical Guide to Arizona's Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund," Arizona Attorney, Vol. 26, No. 2, 1989; "Does Your Insurance Stack Up? Multiple Coverage Problems and the Standard Automobile Liability Insurance Policy," Arizona Attorney, Vol. 26, No. 5, 1990; "All Things Being Considered Equal: Third Party Bad Faith in Arizona," Arizona Attorney, Vol. 27, No. 6, 1991; "Insuring Against an Evil Mind: Punitive Damage Awards and the Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist," Arizona Attorney, Vol. 25, No. 9, 1989; "Darner's Neglected Tenet: Abandonment of the Ambiguity Doctrine," Arizona Attorney, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1990; "Building a General Understanding of Directors & Officers Insurance Policy Architecture," DRI for the Defense, Vol. 48, No. 5 (May 2006). Adjunct Professor of Law, Insurance Law, Arizona State University College of Law, 2000—. Legislative Aide to the Chairman of the Committee on Banking and Insurance, House of Representatives, Arizona State Legislature, 1979. Licensed Insurance Broker, Arizona, 1974—. Law Clerk to Judge Robert J. Corcoran, Arizona Court of Appeals, 1982-1983. Chairman: CLE Committee; YLD, 1990-1992. Member Standing, CLE Committee, State Bar Association, 1990-1993 and 2002—.