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Board of Governors

The State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors oversees the policy making and operation of the organization. The Board is comprised of 30 people: four non-attorney, public members appointed by the Board; three at-large members appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court; 19 attorney members elected by fellow Bar members in their district; and four ex-officio members (immediate past president and the deans of Arizona's three law schools).

The Board meets monthly at the State's Bar Phoenix office, unless noted otherwise.

A schedule of meetings, planned agenda and minutes of past meetings are below:

Board Agenda

Board Minutes

Board Highlights

President Amelia Craig Cramer
amelia.cramer@pcao.pima.gov	Chief Deputy Pima County Attorney Offices of Pima County Attorney Legal Services Bldg., 19th Floor 32 North Stone Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701-1403 Phone: 520.740.5598 Fax: 520.740.5495
President-Elect Whitney Cunningham
whitney@cunninghammott.com	Cunningham Mott PC 2951 West Shamrell Boulevard, Suite 107 Flagstaff, AZ 86002-0280 Phone: 928.556.8640 Fax: 928.556.8641
First Vice President Richard T. Platt
richard.platt@pinalcountyaz.gov	Chief Criminal Deputy Office of the Pinal County Attorney 31 Pinal Parkway, Bldg. D P.O. Box 887 Florence, AZ 85232-0887 Phone: 520.866.6271 Fax: 520.866.5580
Second Vice President Bryan B. Chambers
bryan.chambers@azbar.org	Chief Deputy County Attorney Gila County Attorney's Office 1400 East Ash Street Globe, AZ 85501-1414 Phone: 928.402.8630 Fax: 928.425.3720
Secretary-Treasurer Lisa Loo
Lisa Loo lisaloo@asu.edu	Deputy General Counsel Arizona State University P.O. Box 87-7405 Tempe, AZ 85287-7405 Phone: 480.965.4550 Fax: 480.965.0984
YLD President Jennifer R. Rebholz
jennifer.rebholz@farmersinsurance.com	Farley Seletos Choate 2400 West Dunlap Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85021-2822 Phone: 602.395.2025 Fax: 602.870.0775
District 2 (Yavapai County)
Alex B. Vakula alex@vakulalaw.net	The Vakula Law Firm PLC 203 East Union Street Prescott, AZ 86303-3813 Phone: 928.445.3500 Fax: 928.442.3600
District 4 (Cochise County)
Jana E. Flagler jflagler@flaglerlaw.org	Flagler Law PLLC One Copper Queen Plaza P.O Box 569 Bisbee, AZ 85603-0569 Phone: 520.432.5479 Fax: 520.432.5489
District 5 (Pima, Santa Cruz Counties)
Michael J. Crawford mcrawford@mcrazlaw.com	Mesch Clark & Rothschild PC 259 North Meyer Avenue Tucson, AZ 85701-1090 Phone: 520.624.8886 Fax: 520.798.1037
Dee-Dee Samet Dee-Dee.Samet@azbar.org	Dee-Dee Samet PC 717 North 6th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705-8304 Phone: 520.624.8595 Fax: 520.623.4560
District 6 (Maricopa County)
Richard D. Coffinger r.coffinger@gmail.com	Law Office of Richard D. Coffinger 6838 North 58th Drive Glendale, AZ 85301-3223 Phone: 623.937.9214 Fax: 623.937.7072
Tom Crowe tom@crowescott.com	Crowe & Scott, PA 1100 East Washington Street, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85034-1090 Phone: 602.252.2570 Fax: 602.252.1939
David Derickson dderickson@dgdlaw.com	Ridenour, Hienton & Lewis, P.L.L.C. Chase Tower 201 North Central Avenue, Suite 3300 Phoenix, AZ 85004
Diane L. Drain DDrain@DianeDrain.com	Law Office of D. L. Drain PA 1702 West Camelback Road, Suite 264 Phoenix, AZ 85015-3347 Phone: 602.246.7106 Fax: 602.249.1969
Melissa S. Ho mho@polsinelli.com	Polsinelli Shughart PC One East Washington Street, Suite 1200 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2568 Phone: 602.650.2028 Fax: 602.926.2376
Jack Levine levine2005@aol.com	Jack Levine PC 7501 North 16th Street, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85020-0001 Phone: 602.395.9000 Fax: 602.926.2376
Samuel Saks ssaks@cb-attorney.com	Cantelme & Brown PLC 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-0001 Phone: 602.200.0104 Fax: 602.200.0103
Geoffrey Trachtenberg gt@lctlaw.com	Levenbaum Cohen Trachtenberg 362 North Third Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85003-1521 Phone: 602.271.0183 Fax: 602.271.4018
District 7 (La Paz and Yuma Counties)
Jimmie Dee Smith jimmiedeesmith@azbar.org	Attorney at Law 221 South Second Avenue Yuma, AZ 85364-2265 Phone: 928.783.7809 Fax: 928.783.7800
Ex-Officio Members
Immediate Past President Joseph A. Kanefield Kanefieldj@ballardspahr.com	Ballard Spahr LLP One East Washington Street, Suite 2300 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2555 Phone: 602.798.5400 Fax: 602.798.5595
Shirley Mays smays@phoenixlaw.edu	Dean, Phoenix School of Law 4041 North Central Avenue, Suite 100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012-3301 Phone: 602.682.6814 Fax: 602.682.6998
Marc L. Miller Marc.Miller@law.arizona.edu	Dean, James E. Rogers College of Law University of Arizona P.O. Box 210176 Tucson, AZ 85721-0176 Phone: 520.621.1498 Fax: 520.626.2050
Douglas J. Sylvester Douglas.Sylvester@asu.edu	Dean, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Arizona State University 1100 South McAllister Avenue Tempe, AZ 85287-7906 Phone: 480.965.6188 Fax: 480.965.6521
Public Members
Tony Finley tonyfinley@hotmail.com	Chief Financial Officer Long Realty Company 900 East River Road Tucson, AZ 85718-5698 Phone: 520.888.8844 Fax: 520.918.1050
Audrey R. Jennings ajennings@bloodsystems.org	Executive Director United Blood Services 6220 East Oak Street Scottsdale, AZ 85257-1101 Phone: 480.675.5408 Fax: 480.675.5441
Meredith Peabody meredith_peabody@hotmail.com	39 Pinnacle Circle Prescott, AZ 86305-5328 Phone: 928.445.3719
John J. Sullivan maritajohn@cox.net	15067 South Camino Rio Puerco Sahuarita, AZ 85629-8244 Phone: 520.207.1665
At-Large Members
Jennifer J. Burns jennifer.burns@azbar.org	P.O. Box 27045 Tucson, AZ 85726-7045 Phone: 520.745.0064
David K. Byers dbyers@courts.az.gov	Administrative Director Administrative Office of the Courts 1501 West Washington Street, Suite 411 Phoenix, AZ 85007-3329 Phone: 602.452.3307 Fax: 602.452.3484
Virginia Herrera-Gonzales virginia.gonzales@azag.gov	Assistant Attorney General Office of the Attorney General Child and Family Protection Division Protective Services Section 430 North Dobson Road, #101 Mesa, AZ 85201-5276 Phone: 480.834.3775, Ext. 212 Fax: 480.834.8194

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