Honors and Awards: Phi Delta Phi. A-V Rated. Selected: "The Best Lawyers in America" and "Southwest Super Lawyers," - both Business Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense, General Commercial Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense; Who's Who in Law Education. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Awards for Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction; University Scholarship Honors; The University of Arizona Alumni Association Distinguished Citizen Award; Law College Association Appreciation Award. U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Award.

Bar/Professional Activity: Pima County Bar Association (Chairperson, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section); State Bar of Arizona (Sections on: Administrative Law; Business Law and Corporate and Business Litigation Subsection; Real Property); Federal Bar Association (Charter Member, Tucson Chapter; Executive Committee, Treasurer, Vice President, President, and National Delegate); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education (Patron).  ADMISSIONS: Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; The Tribal Court of the White Mountain Apache Tribe; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Lecturer, Basic Business Law, Department of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, The University of Arizona. Member of Faculty: U.S. Attorney Generals' Advocacy Institute; National Institute for Trial Advocacy; Arizona College of Trial Advocacy. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law: Trial Practice; Pretrial Litigation; Federal Criminal Law and Procedure; Issues in Federal Criminal Justice, James E Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona. Speaker, many seminars.

Representative Clients: A Day ‘N Nite Salon, AAA Cab, Agricap Financial Corporation, A.H. Equipment, Advanced Integrated Technology Solutions, LLC, AIMCO, Allergy-Asthma.Com, Ltd., Aragon Peralta LLC, Arizona Lending Group, Inc., Arizona Mining Products Corporation, Inc., dba Minerec Mining Chemicals, Cahill, Inc., Catalina Investments, CeeCo Industries, Inc., Clarkdale Metals Corp., Coldwell Banker Success Realty, Contravest Properties, Inc., Coronado Technology Group, D.C. Concrete, Inc., Creative Entrance, LLC, Dave Pratt Enterprises (Buffalo Wild Wings), Desert Rose Tax & Accounting, El Encanto Estates Neighorhood Association, EMS Recoveries LLC, EYESplus, LLC, FFP Securities, Gallagher and Associates, Genesis Real Estate and Development, Inc., Hand Surgery Ltd., R.S. Herder Corporation, Information Technology Consortium dba Arizona Technology Consulting, James & Luther, Inc., L & L Manufactured Components, L.A. Spas, Lux Aviation Engineering, Mama Lina’s Pedacitos de Cielo, Materials and Electrochemical Research (MER) Corporation, McElwain Company, Inc., The McNary Company, Opa! Restaurant, Outpost Development, Paul Ash Management Company LLC, Peak of Perfection Salon, Power Property, Inc., Rincon Realty & Investment Co., Sovereign Electric LLC, Tanque Verde Enterprises, Inc., TEKCO Management Group, LLC, Titan Development of California, LLC, United Painting Contractors, Inc., VeriSign, Inc., Vision Systems Limited, WVLC, Western Outfitters Direct, Inc., William S. Wilson Painting, LLC

Other Outstanding Achievements: Trial Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Honors Program). Special Attorney, District of New Mexico. Assistant U.S. Attorney. Chief, Controlled Substances Unit and Chief, Civil Section, District of Arizona, Tucson. Judge Pro Tempore, Pima County Superior Court. Criminal Justice Act Panel. Licensed Real Estate Salesman, Arizona. Member: Board of Arbitrators, FINRA (formerly NASD Regulation, Inc.), Board of Visitors, College of Law; Board of Directors and Investment Vice President, Secretary, President Elect, and President, Law College Association, James E. Rogers College of Law, The University of Arizona. Board of Directors, The University of Arizona Alumni Association. Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Tucson Chapter. Greater Tucson Leadership. Lawyer Representative and Chair, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee. Rules of Practice Advisory Committee for the District of Arizona. Chairperson, Merit Selection Committee for U.S. Magistrate Judges. State Chair, U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society. Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society. Master, Morris K. Udall Inn of Court, Membership Committee Chair, President.