EDUCATION:
J.D., cum laude, Arizona State University College of Law, 1998
Arizona State Law Journal, Articles Editor, 1997-98
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1992
(Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society)
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP:
Arizona Supreme Court,
Vice Chief Justice Charles E. Jones, 1998 - 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, January 2017 – Present
Solicitor General, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, January 2015 – January 2017
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, September 2002 – December 2014
Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney (Phoenix), May 2014 - December 2014
Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, December 2012 - December 2014
Chief of Financial Crimes and Public Integrity Section, November 2009 - December 2012
Deputy Appellate Chief, November 2007 - November 2009
Bryan Cave Law Firm, September 1999 – August 2002
SELECTED COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE:
U.S. District Court Local Rules Advisory Committee, 2014
HONORS AND AWARDS:
FBI Award for Contributions to Prosecution of Mortgage Fraud, 2010
FBI Director’s Award for contributions to cybercrimes prosecutions, 2006
U.S. Attorney General’s Special Commendation Award for service with the Regime
Crimes Liaison Office in Iraq, 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor; Debating the Constitution, 2019 - 2020; 2022-2023
Chair, Arizona State Bar Discipline System Oversight Committee, November 2019 - Present
Chair, Task Force on Plea Bargaining, Sentencing, and Dispositions, June 2021 - Present
Chair, Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee, January 2023 - Present
Chair, Pima County Judicial Nominating Committee, 2021 - Present
Member, Judicial College of Arizona, July 2023
Chair, Committee on Criminal Rules Regarding Victims, March 2021 - December 2022
Chair, Pinal County Judicial Nominating Committee, 2019 - 2020
Arizona State Bar Board of Governors, Supreme Court Liaison, 2017 - 2020
Lorna Lockwood Inn of Court, 2015 – 2017
The Federalist Society, Board of Directors (Phoenix Lawyers Chapter), 2015 – Present
Justice Leadership Institute, Foundations of Leadership, Department of Justice, 2010
Presenter at many State Bar CLE and legal educational programs