Mr. Kaven has been a shareholder of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., since 1978. He is the chairman of the firm's Personal Injury and Tort Defense Section and concentrates his practice in the areas of personal injury defense, discrimination and wrongful termination defense, defense of governmental entities, and general litigation. Mr. Kaven is certified by the State Bar of Arizona as a lawyer specializing in injury and wrongful death litigation. Mr. Kaven has personally handled hundreds of litigated cases and tries cases both in state court and federal court. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kaven was in private practice with a small Phoenix law firm and then received further experience working for a public entity. EDUCATION:  J.D., Arizona State University College of Law, 1972 Cum Laude graduate  Associate Editor, Arizona State Law Journal.  B.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, History, 1968 With Honors graduate.  Member, dean's list.  ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:  United States Supreme Court (1982), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1975), United States District Court (1972), Arizona Supreme Court (1972).  PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:  State Bar of Arizona and former member of State Bar of Arizona Civil Practice and Procedures Committee, Member of Arizona Association of Defense Counsel,  Defense Research Institute, ABA Section on Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice; Employment Law REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS:  Defended multi-national golf cart manufacturer in a products wrongful death case.  Defended major governmental entity and two of its agencies, and agency heads in contract and wrongful termination lawsuit.  Defended multi-state insurance carrier in agency and employment litigation.  Defended four-year college in Title IX litigation.  Defended hospital and surgeons in case involving alleged medical malpractice and resulting permanent paralysis.  Defended international charitable organization in wrongful death case.  Defended religious body accused of maintaining unsafe daycare center.  Defended international resort accused of negligence in the death of an employee.  Defended assisted living facility accused of elder abuse.  Defended interstate trucking business in double wrongful death.  Defended food adulteration cases.  Defended premises security and death case.  Defended insurance carrier in bad faith litigation.