Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Administered daily business operations of solo practice.• Offered general legal advice and services for individuals and small businesses.• Handled trademark infringement matters for business client.• Prepared corporate formation documents, including making TIN requests for client’s new businesses.• Designated at statutory agent for client’s businesses.• Drafted leases, contracts, scopes of work and non-disclosure agreements for clients’ business interests.• Analyzed contracts, proposals and agreements written by clients’ potential subcontractors, partners or investors for impact on clients’ interests.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Tempe-resident Commission assisted and advised the Mayor, City Council, and City Departments on matters that related to impacts of airplanes on residents and the City with respect to Phoenix Sky Harbor Int'l Airport.• Chaired the Commission in second term.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Tempe-resident Committee reviewed and made recommendations and decisions about development actions for Mixed Use projects in the Mixed-Use/Education zoning district around ASU.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Administered daily business operations of agency.• Analyzed clients’ insurance needs.• Assembled insurance packages with appropriate insurance coverage utilizing Farmers Insurance property, casualty, life and commercial products.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Managed all aspects of insurance defense litigation in complex construction defect litigation and arbitration.• Specialized in defending subcontractors against third-party complaints in matters originally brought by homeowners against home builders ranging from single custom homes to master planned communities.• Composed responses to general contractor and property owners’ pre-litigation statutory notices.• Represented clients at attorney conferences and court-ordered hearings in Maricopa County Superior Court.• Defended manufacturer/distributor in product liability litigation brought by individual homeowners for damage to homes allegedly caused by product.• Prepared litigation pleadings, including answers, third-party complaints, disclosure statements, and motion practice.• Designed and executed procedure for cataloging privileged documents needed for discovery responses.• Drafted discovery requests to opposing parties for client and responses to opposing parties’ discovery requests.• Deposed homeowners regarding alleged defects to homes, contractor and subcontractor representatives regarding standards of construction and work performed on homes.• Coordinated with scientific and technical experts for client’s defense in insurance defense litigation.• Analyzed construction contracts, scopes of work, architectural/engineering drawings and specifications, deposition transcripts and opposing parties’ expert reports to prepare defenses for client.• Compiled periodic status reports regarding progress of litigation to insurance companies that insured clients.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Managed all aspects of insurance defense litigation in complex construction defect litigation and arbitration.• Defended general contractors and subcontractors in matters ranging from claims brought by homeowners in master planned communities to commercial owners of multi-family properties.• Authored responses to both general contractor and homeowner pre-litigation statutory notices.• Represented plaintiffs in automobile collision involving personal injury, medical malpractice and other tort litigation.• Prepared litigation pleadings, including complaints, answers, disclosure statements and motion practice.• Drafted discovery requests to opposing parties for client and responses to opposing parties’ discovery requests.• Analyzed construction contracts, scopes of work, architectural/engineering drawings and specifications, deposition transcripts and opposing parties’ expert reports to prepare defenses for client.• Compiled periodic status reports regarding progress of litigation to insurance companies that insured clients.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Administered daily business operations of solo practice.• Offered general legal advice and services for individuals and small businesses.• Handled trademark infringement matters for business client.• Prepared corporate formation documents, including making TIN requests for client’s new businesses.• Designated at statutory agent for client’s businesses.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Represented home builders, irrigation districts and utilities in transactions relating to their water rights.• Coordinated with client and engineers for Assured Water Supply (AWS) certificate applications.• Drafted groundwater permit applications for farms, home builders and other clients.• Compiled state required annual reports for client’s water rights.• Analyzed Arizona and federal water law, Indian law, and environmental law and regulations for impact on clients’ water rights.• Determined impact of proposed state and federal administrative rule, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) feasibility reports on clients’ water rights.• Defended water provider client against NEPA claims brought by federally recognized Indian tribe in federal administrative proceedings and federal court.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Managed application files submitted to the Department’s AAWS program by individual homeowners and home builders for assured water supply certificates within the Phoenix Active Management Area and adequate water supply certificates for non-Active Management Areas within the state.• Resolved complex land ownership issues for other Water Resource Specialist’s AAWS application files.• Liaison between program staff and Department’s legal counsel regarding interpretation of administrative rules.• Worked with program manager to finalize revisions to policies, procedures and administrative rules for program.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:• Interned in Department’s legal division during law school.• Conducted legal research and prepared memorandum for Department counsel regarding water permits, Indian law, neighboring states’ water laws, and analysis of administrative hearings.• Assisted counsel to edit program documents, policy statements and administrative rules for AAWS and groundwater permitting programs.• Supported legislative liaison in tracking water-related bills in state legislation that would affect Department policies.