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John F. Munger  -  Practice Areas:  Corporate Law, Commercial and Real Estate Transactions and Litigation, International Transactions, Intellectual Property Law.

General: Born in Sioux City, Iowa, December 18, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Arizona, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Education:  Stanford University (B.A. Political Science – International Relations, 1969); University of Arizona (J.D., with distinction, 1973); James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona (L.L.M. – Masters Degree in International Trade and Business Law);   

Publications:  Note Editor, 1972-1973 and Member and Writer, 1970-1973, Arizona Law Review; Author:  "Subpoena Versus Confidentiality Obligations for Appraisers," The Appraisal Journal, January 1992; "Rights of Secured Creditors of Personality in Mexico," 16 Arizona Law Review 767 (1975); "Constitutional Due Process in the Civil & Military Justice Systems," 14 Arizona Law Review 344 (1972); "Sanctions for Incomplete Answers to Interrogatories," Arizona Law Review 105 (1970); "Misdemeanor Compromise Statute," 12 Arizona Law Review 162 (1970). 

Professional:  Order of the Coif; Law Review Graduate Assistanceship, 1972 Lecturer-In-Law Research and Writing, University of Arizona College of Law, 1973-1974.  A-V Rated, Martindale-Hubbell; Listed in:  Bar Registry of Pre-Eminent Lawyers (Real Estate Law and Commercial Law) 1992-Present; Best of U.S. Lawyers, 2008; Best Lawyers in America 2001 – 2006; Southwest Superlawyers, 2007.  Member, State Bar of Arizona. Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation  Member, American Bar Association, International Law committee; Member, U.S. Mexico Bar Association;  Member, State Bar of Arizona;  Member, Pima County Bar Association.

Civic:  Member:  Arizona Board of Regents, 1992-2000; Member:  National Board of Advisors, University of Arizona, Eller College of Business and Public Administration, 2002 – Present; Chairman and Member, Arizona Research Park Association, 2004 – Present;  Tucson Man-of-the-Year, 1991, by Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce; Tucson Father of the Year, 2003;  Member/Board of Directors, Southern Arizona Leadership Council 1998-Present; Co-founder and Vice Chairman, Commerce Bank of Arizona, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, 1990, Vice Chairman, Cultural and Communications Division, 1988-1989 and Chairman, International Trade Committee 1988-1989; Board Member, Central Pima Regional Council, First Things First – 2008; Co-Founder and President, Munger Chadwick Foundation, Inc.; Board of Advisors, Aidchild; Chairman, Tucson Economic Prosperity Alliance, 1990-1994; Member, Tucson 30 1993-1998; Member, Catalina Foothills Area Panel Pima County Comprehensive Plan, 1991-1992; Chairman, Board of Directors, Goodwill Industries of Tucson, Inc., 1986-1988. Member, Arizona District Export Council, 1987; Member, Board of Directors, Junior Achievement of Southern Arizona, Inc., 1977-1979, 1980-1983, 1985-1986; Board of Directors, Arizona Opera, 1977 – 1979. 

Political:  State Chairman, Arizona Republican Party, 1983-1985; Member, Republican National Committee, 1983 – 1985; Chairman, Pima County Republican Party, 2001 – 2004; Co-Chairman, McCain for President, Arizona Campaign, 2007 – 2008; Member, National Campaign Committee, George H.W. Bush for President Campaign, 1988; Southern Arizona Honorary Chairman, Hull for Governor, 1998; Southern Arizona Chairman, Symington for Governor, 1994; Southern Arizona Chairman, Kyl for Senate, 1994; Chairman of Arizona Delegation, Republican National Convention, 1985; Southern Arizona Co-Chairman and Member of Steering Committee, Symington for Governor, 1990-1991; Special Counsel, Arizona State Senate Judiciary Committee for Elections Investigations, 1980-1981; Chairman, Kolbe for State Senate Committee, 1976-1980; Chairman, Ed Jewett for Legislature Committee, 1980; President, Stanford Area Young Republicans, Stanford, Ca.; Member, Teenage Republicans, Sioux City, Iowa, 1963-1965 Monthly Political Commentator, "Arizona Illustrated" KUAT-TV; Weekly Political Commentator, "Straight Talk, KVOI Radio, 2005-2006;

Personal:  Member, St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Tucson Country Club, Mountain Oyster Club; University Club of Phoenix, Catalina Rotary Club; Sgt., 2nd Infantry Division and Headquarters Eighth U.S. Army, Korea, 1970-1971; Army Commendation Medal (for Meritorious Service);

Miscellaneous:  married, 5 children, 6 grandchildren; 1st degree black belt Shotokan Karate; Avid Horseman.

Languages: Spanish.

   

Mark Edward Chadwick  -  Practice Areas: Commercial and General Civil Litigation, Copyright and Trade Secret Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Securities Litigation, State and Local Tax Litigation, Condemnation Law, Homeowner's Association Law, Corporate Formations, Real Estate Litigation, Construction Law,  Liens and Foreclosures, Sports Law, Election Law and Appellate Practice.

Biography: Born in Upland, California, March 11, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Arizona, 2000 Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of California at Riverside (B.S. Economics, magna cum laude, 1988); University of Arizona (J.D., 1993). Recipient:  American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law; Arizona Law Review Editor=s Award 1991-1992;  Snell and Wilmer Outstanding Second Year Writer Award, 1991-1992. Articles Editor, Arizona Law Review, 1992-1993. Author, "Invigorated State Merger Enforcement: A Proposed Analytic Framework That Preempts Preemption Problems," 35 Arizona Law Review 445 (1993).  Chair, Republican National Lawyers Association, Southern Arizona Chapter (2004 – Present); General Counsel, Pima County Republican Party (2004 – Present); President and founder of the Tucson Wildcats Baseball Club, the premier youth competitive baseball organization in Arizona (1998 – Present).  Member: State Bar of Arizona; Member: Pima County Bar Association. Reported Cases:  Ringier American vs. State of Arizona 184 Ariz. 250, 908 P.2d 64 (App. 1995); Bull HN Information Systems vs. Maricopa County, 185 Ariz. 393, 916 P.2d 1109 (App. 1995); First Interstate Bank of Arizona vs. State of Arizona Department of Revenue 185 Ariz. 433, 916 P.2d 1149 (App. 1995); Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, Inc. vs. State of Arizona, 185 Ariz. 589, 917 P.2d 1236 (App. 1996); Rogers Corporation vs. State of Arizona Dept. of Revenue, 187 Ariz.157,  P.2d 817 (App. 1996); Westin Tucson Hotel v. Arizona Department of Revenue, 188 Ariz. 360, 936 P.2d 183 (App. 1997); Home Depot USA, Inc. v. Pueblo County Board of Commissioners, 50 P.3d 916 (Co. Ct. App. 2002).

   

Lawrence V. Robertson, Jr.  -  Practice Areas:  Public Utilities; Natural Resources; Water Rights; Administrative; Environment; Energy; Municipal Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Biography: Born in Tucson, Arizona, June 28, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Arizona and U.S. District Court, 1966, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1968, Nevada and U.S. Supreme Court; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1979, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Fifth Circuits; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1994, Texas and Colorado; 1996, Montana and Wyoming. Education:  Stanford University (B.A., 1960; J.D., 1964). Phi Beta Kappa. Author, "Extra-territorial Enforcement of Foreign Tax Obligations," Arizona Law Review, 1966; "The Insanity Defense in Arizona: A Study in Enigma and Emasculation," Arizona Bar Journal, 1966. Legal Advisor, Undersecretary of Energy, 1990-1991 and Deputy General Counsel, 1991-1993, U.S. Department of Energy.  Judge Pro Tem, Pima County (Arizona) Superior Court, 1996-1997.  Member, Arizona Water Banking Authority Study Commission, 1996-1998; Governor's Water Management Commission, Technical Advisor Committee (2000 – 2001); Governor's Water Management Commission (2001 – 2002); Tucson Water Resources Council (Member, Board of Directors, 1995 – 2001).  Member:  State Bar of Arizona; State Bar of Montana; State Bar of Nevada; State Bar of Wyoming; State Bar of Texas; The District of Columbia Bar; Colorado Bar Association; Mediation and Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association; United States Administrative Conference's Roster of Dispute Resolution Neutrals; Governor=s Water Commission Technical Advisory Committee; Board of Directors, Tucson Regional Water Council. Founding Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation. Council. Founding Fellow, Arizona Bar Foundation.

   

Michael M. Racy 
Director, Government Relations 

over 10 years of legislative representation experience with an emphasis on tax-related matters. He represented a statewide commercial property owners association (which was to a degree the predecessor of CREATE) during the entire Fiscal 2000 process, and assisted in the effort to reduce a commercial lease tax. He represents the Arizona Property Taxpayers Association, which is the statewide association of property tax agents and lawyers. He has played a central role in the reform of the property tax valuation and appeal system, working to preserve and enhance taxpayers' rights under that system. He was instrumental in rewriting both the state sales tax and state gas tax distribution formulas, and has represented numerous business clients on sales, use, income and property tax matters. Affiliations: Tohono Chul Park, Member, Board of Trustees; Tucson Horizons, Member, Board of Directors; Kids Voting, Member, Board of Directors, Pima Co-Chair; Pima Community College Citizens' Action Committee; Tohono Chul Park, Chairman, Directors Committee; 5/92 - 1/95 Tucson Shalom House, Member, Board of Directors; 4/92 - 1/95 Pima Community College Foundation, Member, Board of Directors; 8/91 - 6/94 Third Wave Enterprises Inc., Treasurer; 4/91 - 4/94 Management Systems West, Member, Board of Directors; 5/85 - 9/94 Pima County/City of Tucson, Light Code Committee, Member. Mr. Racy is not a lawyer.

   

Thomas A. Denker – Practice Areas:  Business Transactions; Information Technology and Telecommunications Law; Debtors’ and Creditors’ Rights; Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Appellate Practice; Intellectual Property. 

Biography:  Born Tucson, Arizona, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995.  Education:  College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (B.A., History, 1990; B.A., Soviet Studies, 1990); University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., Magna cum Laude, 1995); Author: Lawyers and Limited Liability for Arizona’s Professionals: Deliverance or Damnation?, 37 Ariz. L.Rev. 355; Academic Awards and Honors:  Order of the Coif, Executive Note Editor, Arizona Law Review, Charles Ares Fellowship.  Formerly Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Noel A. Fidel, Division One, Arizona Court of Appeals; the Honorable James M. Marlar, United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona.  Member:  Arizona State Bar Association, Pima County Bar Association.

   

Michael J. Meehan – Practice Areas:  Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice. 

Biography: Michael Meehan was an honors graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and received his J.D. with high distinction from the James P. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona.  He served as law clerk to then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist during the October 1971 Term of the United States Supreme Court.  He is a Fellow and Past President of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.  He is a Past Chair of the State Bar of Arizona Appellate Practice Section.  By appointment of the Chief Justice of the Unites States, he served on the Appellate Rules Advisory Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1993 through 1999.  He was a Steering Committee Member for the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center, the National Center for State Courts, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and the New York University School of Law Institute for Judicial Administration.  Mr. Meehan is Of Counsel to the Tucson Arizona law firm of Munger Chadwick PLC.  He has conducted an active civil jury trial practice, and an appeals practice, for thirty-four years.  He has appeared and argued cases before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the Arizona Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.  He has been continuously listed in Best Lawyers of America in the categories of Commercial Litigation and Media Law, since its inception.  He is a member of the Board of Visitors and the Dean’s Economic Council of the Rogers College of Law.  He has served as Judge Tempore of the Pima County, Arizona, Superior Court, and as Professional Responsibility Hearing Committee Member for the State Bar of Arizona.  He has lectured or made CLE presentations in Constitutional Law, Supreme Court Practice, First Amendment and Media Law, Securities Law, the Law of Commercial Damages, and Professionalism.

   

Kathleen  Delaney  Winger, born Chester, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1959, admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1997, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: Fairmont State College (B.A. English Education, magna cum laude, 1981); Widener University School of Law (J.D. 1987, cum laude); Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Commercial Transactions (1987); Member and Note and Comment Editor, Law Review, The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (1985-1997); Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Fraternity; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity; Co-author “”Pollution Exclusion Clause – An Update” and “Late Notice in Pollution Coverage Cases”, published in The Pennsylvania Insurance Law Journal.  Member: State Bar of Arizona, Pima County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial and Civil Litigation, Commercial Transactions.

   

Adriane J. Parsons - Practice Areas: Corporate Law, Commercial Transactions, Civil Litigation, Intellectual Property, Business Immigration.

 Biography: Born in South Africa, August 29, 1968. Admitted to bar in South Africa (1993), California (2000), Colorado (2004) and Arizona (2007). Education: B.A. LL.B, Rhodes University, South Africa (1991); LL.M in Constitutional Law, Wits University, South Africa (1998). Member: Arizona State Bar, Colorado State Bar, Law Society of South Africa.

   

Meredith Leyva 
Public Relations Management

Biography:  Ms. Leyva joined Munger Chadwick as a Public Relations Consultant and Federal Lobbyist from Fleishman Hillard in Washington, D.C., where she was a Vice President.  At Fleishman and other large public relations agencies, Ms. Leyva consulted for a wide variety of companies ranging from fortune 500 companies such as Eli Lilly, Motorola and Boeing; to government entities such as Mexico's Commerce Department and NASA; to start-up firms such as Zaffire (optical networking), CareerBuilder.com and TopTier Software (enterprise portals).  Ms. Leyva has also served as Public Relations Director for the prestigious American Enterprise Institute and was Legislative Assistant for then-Congressman Jon Kyl (R-Az).  She is a native of Tucson and a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Ms. Leyva is not a lawyer.

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