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Speakers and Panelists

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The State Bar of Arizona thanks our speakers for generously donating your time and expertise.

Seminar Chairs:

  • Sonia Martinez, Law Office of Sonia Martinez
  • Shawdy Banihashemi, Holloway Odegard & Kelly PC

Speakers and Panelists:

  • Vice Chief Justice Scott Bales, Arizona Supreme Court
  • Hon. Mary Murguia, United States Court of Appeals
  • Hon. Randall Howe, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
  • Hon. Patricia Orozco, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
  • Hon. Maurice Portley, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
  • Hon. Gilbert V. Figueroa, Pinal Country Superior Court
  • Hon. George Foster, Maricopa County Superior Court
  • Hon. Marianne Bayardi, City of Phoenix Municipal Court
  • Hon. Roxanne Song Ong, Presiding Judge for the City of Phoenix Municipal Court
  • Hon Laura Lowery, City of Phoenix Municipal Court
  • Hon. C. Steven McMurry, Encanto Justice of the Peace, Presiding Judge of the Maricopa County Justice Courts
  • Chris Cabanillas, United States Attorney’s Office
  • Nicole Davis, Arizona Attorney General's Office
  • Daniel Derksen, M.D., Professor/Section Chair Public Health Policy & Management Section, Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona
  • Timothy M. Gabrielsen, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender
  • Jeffrey Harmon, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
  • Prof. James G. Hodge, Jr., Lincoln Professor of Health Law and Ethics and Director, Public Health Law & Policy Program, ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
  • David N. Horowitz, Certified Family Law Specialist, May, Potenza, Baran & Gillespie, PC
  • Timothy M. Gabrielsen, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Attorney General’s Office, Ethics Counsel and Representative
  • Guadalupe Gutierrez, Pascua Yaqui Prosecutor’s Office
  • Joseph Kanefield, Ballard Spahr, LLC
  • Tally Kingsnorth, Esq., Program Coordinator of the Florence Project and Immigration Lawyer
  • Victoria López, Program Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona
  • Kathleen Nalty, J.D., Kathleen Nalty Consulting, LLC
  • Leslie Rakestraw, Holloway Odegard & Kelly PC
  • Juan Rocha, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender
  • Laura Rogal, Jaburg Wilk
  • Patricia A. Sallen, Director of Special Services & Ethics/Deputy General Counsel, State Bar of Arizona
  • Joseph Sciarrotta, Jr., Office of the Governor
  • Lynda Shely, The Shely Firm PC
  • Jesse Showalter, Holloway Odegard & Kelly PC
  • Ellen Van Riper, Holloway Odegard & Kelly PC
  • Russell Yurk, Esq., Jones Skelton & Hochuli, PLC