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| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & POSITIONS State Bar of Arizona (1990) (scored second in the state on the Arizona Bar examination, February 1990); U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (1990); United States Claims Court (1991); United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1994); State Bar of California (1983) (currently inactive); U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1983); Southern District of California (1983); Northern District of California (1988); Eastern District of California (1988). Member, Standing Committee on Ethics, State Bar of Arizona (term 2000-2006). President, City of Phoenix Shadow Rock-Gold Key Neighborhood Association (2001-2002). Member, Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association, Phoenix, Arizona (since 1993). Member, International Association of Defense Counsel, Defense Research Institute (since 2002). Business Law/Real Estate Instructor, Paradise Valley Community College (since 1994). |
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Extensive commercial litigation and transactional experience in Arizona and California. Represented individuals, government entities, corporations and partnerships in all phases of litigation in State and Federal Court, including provisional remedies, trials (jury and non-jury), and appeals. Managed complex civil litigation in Federal Court. Represented insurance companies and insureds in insurance disputes and litigation. Extensive experience in Contract Law, Agency Law (particularly Insurance and Real Estate Agency Litigation), Insurance Defense, Surety and Fidelity Bond Defense, Products Liability Defense, Uniform Commercial Code, Real Estate Law, Construction Law, Corporations and Partnerships, and Regulatory Law. Extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution, both as an advocate and arbitrator. Principal, John R. Doody, PLC, Phoenix, Arizona, July 1995 to the present. Focus on civil litigation, transactions, and representing secured creditors in bankruptcy. Attorney, Hill Lewis, Branch Office of National Law Firm in Phoenix, Arizona (August 1992 to July 1995) (Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability, Directors’ and Officers’ Liability, Construction Law, Commercial Arbitration, Real Estate Transactions). Attorney, Jennings, Kepner & Haug, Phoenix, Arizona (May, 1990 to August, 1992) (Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Surety and Fidelity Bond Defense). Attorney, Ottenweller, Solan, Park & King, San Francisco, California (1988-1990) (Construction Law, Surety and Fidelity Bond Defense). Attorney, Private Practice, Newport Beach, California (1983-1988) (General Commercial Litigation and Transactions). |
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LAW DEGREE University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois (J.D. 1982). Member, College of Law International Moot Court Team (Philip C. Jessup Intercollegiate Moot Court Competition). Received Faculty Rickert Award for Excellence (Spring 1982). Research Assistant to Professor Francis A. Boyle (1981-1982). |
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OTHER FORMAL EDUCATION B.A. in Economics with High Honors, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois (1979). Also studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, France (1988). |
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MILITARY SERVICE Served overseas with the United States Marine Corps (1974-1975). |
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PUBLICATIONS Trademarks, Ethics, and the Lawyer Website Hypothetical, Arizona Attorney, December 2001, p. 39. Co-Authored With Thomas G. Ottenweller, Property Owner's Ability To Shift Construction Delay Liability To His Commercial General Liability Carrier: Coverage, Exclusions, Rules of Construction, and Ethical Considerations, Presented To The Midwinter Meeting of the International Association of Defense Counsel, 1990. |
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