About Michael
Licenses
Licensed in Arizona for 23 years
State: Arizona
Acquired: 2002
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2006
Pro Bono Leadership Award, Perkins Coie LLP
Work Experience
2010 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law
2008 - Present
Attorney, Perkins Coie LLP
2008 - 2008
Litigation Staff Attorney, Federal Election Commission
2003 - 2008
Attorney, Perkins Coie Brown & Bain
2002 - 2003
Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Arizona
1998 - 1999
Lobbyist, DeMenna & Associates
1998 - 1998
Majority Staff Intern, Arizona House of Representatives
Associations
2010 - Present
State Bar of ArizonaCommittee on Peer Review
2010 - Present
Arizona Republican Lawyers AssociationMember
2010 - Present
Arizona Arts CommissionCommissioner
2009 - Present
Arizona CUREBoard Member
2007 - Present
State Bar of ArizonaCommittee on Character and Fitness
2006 - 2008
Legislative District 7 RepublicansPrecinct Committeeman
2004 - 2008
Maricopa County Self Insured TrustTrustee
Sample of Legal Cases
Obtained ruling that ballot proposition violated "separate amendment" rule of Arizona Constitution. 99 P.3d 570 (Ariz. 2004)
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the trial court's grant of summary judgment for the defendants on laches and statute of limitations grounds. 172 Fed. Appx. 772 (9th Cir. 2006)
Case settled.
Judgment of dismissal.
Case pending
Obtained ruling affirming that the initiative satisfied the "separate amendment rule" of the Arizona Constitution.
Dismissed.
Case settled.
Education
2002
JD - Juris Doctor
1998
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2010
Constitutional Developments in Campaign Finance Law
2010
Know Your First Amendment Rights
2010
Recent Developments in Constitutional Election law Issues
2009
High Crimes and Misdemeanors (or Malfeasance in Office): History, Theory and Practice of Impeachment
Publications
2010
2002
Languages
English