Recognized for extensive work in legal malpractice and complex civil litigation, this legal professional brings more than 40 years of experience focused on professional standards, attorney conduct, and insurance-related disputes. His expertise includes attorney negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, legal ethics, and evaluation of the reasonableness of attorney’s fees, as well as insurance coverage and bad faith claims, disability insurance, and general commercial insurance matters. Additional areas of focus include commercial real estate transactions, broker liability, title insurance, partnerships, and punitive damages in business disputes. He has served as a partner in private practice for many years, handling complex litigation involving fraud, antitrust, securities, contracts, and business torts, and previously worked in a federal antitrust enforcement role through a competitive honors program, where he investigated and litigated antitrust matters across multiple industries and received an Outstanding Performance Award. His professional recognition includes an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, long-standing inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for corporate litigation and antitrust, and recognition in Southwest Super Lawyers and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. He is admitted to practice in multiple jurisdictions, including Arizona and California, as well as before federal district courts, federal courts of appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Complementing his litigation practice, this expert has contributed extensively to the legal profession through judicial, academic, and leadership roles. He served as a judge pro tempore for a state superior court and as an adjunct professor of law teaching real estate transactions and finance. His involvement in bar association leadership includes serving as chairman of committees addressing civil rules for federal district courts and civil procedure, as well as participation in antitrust councils with leadership roles. He has provided expert witness services for more than 35 years for both plaintiffs and defendants, including consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving legal malpractice, insurance disputes, and professional standards. His academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a law degree, graduating first in his law school class, earning the highest score on a state bar examination, and receiving honors including Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi, along with multiple moot court competition awards at the regional and national levels.