EDUCATION:
J.D., Yale University, 1972; Yale Law Journal, Note and Comment Editor,
1971-1972; Board of Editors, 1969-1971
A.B., cum laude, Princeton University, Public and International Affairs,
1968; Phi Beta Kappa
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS:
U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Potter Stewart, 1973-1974
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge J. Joseph Smith, 1972-1973
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, Judge Jon O. Newman, 1972
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Vice Chief Justice, 2009 - Present
Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, 2003 to 2009
Partner, Osborn Maledon, 1995-2003
Judge Pro Tempore, Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. I, 1994, 1996 and 1998
Associate and Partner, Meyer Hendricks Victor Osborn & Maledon, 1974-1980, 1983-1995
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS:
American Law Institute, 2002-Present
Horace Rumpole Inn of Court, Master, 1997-Present
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Board of Directors, 1986-1988
Arizona Town Hall, 1992-2004
Arizona State University Research Park, Director, 1989-2003
Children's Action Alliance, Board of Directors, 1999-2003 (Secretary, 2002-2003)
City of Phoenix, Street Environment Committee, Chair, 1989-1990
City of Phoenix, Neighborhood Improvement Committee, Chair, 1986-1988
Princeton Alumni Schools Committee, 1983-Present
State Bar of Arizona, Examination and Bar Review Committee, 1986-1987
State Bar of Arizona, Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, 1985-1990
Federal Rules of Evidence Advisory Committee, 2004-2010
BAR ADMISSIONS:
Arizona Supreme Court (finished first on Arizona Bar Exam), 1974
Connecticut Superior Court, 1973
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1987
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1977
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1977
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1975
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1975
GOVERNMENT SERVICE:
Chief of Staff to Governor Rose Mofford, 1988
Chief of Staff to Governor Bruce Babbitt, 1980-1983
Arizona Board of Regents, 1988-1996 (President, 1992-1993)
Co-chair of Transition Team for Governor Janet Napolitano, 2002
LAW SCHOOL TEACHING:
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching Ethics, Supreme
Court Litigation, Legislative Process, Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, 1977-1980, 1988, 2002, 2004-Present
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Distinguished Visitor from Practice, 2001
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, Visiting Professor of Law, Civil Procedure, 1994-
1995
ENDOWED LECTURE:
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, The Willard H. Pedrick Lecture, 1999