EDUCATION:
B.A., Drew University, magna cum laude with honors in Political Science, 1979
J.D., University of California at Davis, 1982
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Arizona Supreme Court, January 2016 - Present
Vice President for Litigation, Goldwater Institute, 2007 - 2016
President and General Counsel, Alliance for School Choice, 2004 - 2007
Co-founder and Vice President for Litigation, Institute for Justice, 1991 - 2004
Director, Landmark Center for Civil Rights, 1988 - 1991
Staff Attorney, US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1986 - 1987
Special Assistant, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1985 - 1986
Staff Attorney, Mountain States Legal Foundation, 1982 - 1985
SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE:
Commissioner, Industrial Commission of Arizona, 2015 - 2016
Co-chairman, Governor's Transition Team, Committee on Federalism, 2014 - 2015
Board Member, BASIS Schools, Inc., 2006 - 2016
Board Member, Great Hearts Academies, 2005 - 2016
Board Member, Arizona Charter Schools Association, 2006 - 2014
Commissioner, US Commission on Civil Rights, Arizona State Advisory Committee, 2006 - 2010
HONORS AND AWARDS:
UC Davis School of Law, Annual Alumni Lecture, 2014
Drew University, Alums Who Move the World, 2014
Legal Times, 90 Greatest DC Lawyers in Past 30 Years, 2008
Bradley Prize, 2006
American Lawyer, Nation's 3 Lawyers of the Year, 2002
Thomas J. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties, 1999
Women's Freedom Foundation, Second Annual Leadership Award, 1997
SELECTED BOOKS & LAW REVIEW ARTICLES:
Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution (with Jeb Bush), 2013
David's Hammer: The Case for an Activist Judiciary (2007)
Leviathan: The Growth of Local Government and the Erosion of Liberty (2004)
Voucher Wars: Waging the Legal Battle Over School Choice (2003)
"Vindicating the Arizona Constitution's Promise of Freedom," 44 Ariz. St. Univ. L. J. 505 (2012)
"State Constitutions as a Bulwark for Freedom," 37 Okla. City Univ. L. Rev. 1 (2012)
"The Constitutional Parameters of School Choice," B.Y.U.L. Rev. 335 (2008)