Bio: State Bar of Arizona President
Joseph A. Kanefield
Joseph A. Kanefield is the current president of the State
Bar of Arizona, the state's largest association of legal
professionals.
Mr. Kanefield is currently a partner with the
Phoenix office of the national law firm Ballard Spahr. He
served as General Counsel to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer until May
2011. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Kanefield served as General Counsel
and the State Election Director at the Arizona Secretary of State's
Office. From 1995 until 2004, he worked as an Assistant Attorney
General for the Arizona Attorney General's Office representing
various state agencies, including the Arizona Department of Revenue
and the Arizona Secretary of State.
Mr. Kanefield teaches election law at The
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law and has
written several articles on Arizona election law for the Arizona
Attorney magazine. He is a past chair of the United Blood
Services Community Leadership Council. Mr. Kanefield received
a B.S. degree in economics from Arizona State University and a law
degree from The University of Arizona. He has been a member
of the State Bar of Arizona since 1994.