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W. Scott Bales
Democrat
2005 - Present EDUCATION: -J.D., magna cum laude, Harvard Law School,1983; Harvard Law Review, Board of Editors, 1981-1983 -M.A., Economics, Harvard University,1980 -B.A., summa cum laude, Michigan State University, 1978 Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Epsilon JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS: -U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 1984-1985 -U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Joseph T. Sneed III, 1983-1984 -Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: -Justice, Arizona Supreme Court, 2005-Present -Lewis and Roca LLP, 2001-2005 American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 2003 Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, 2001 -Solicitor General, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, 1999-2001 Team AG Award, 2000 -Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, 1995-1999 Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-1999 Special Investigative Counsel, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1995-1997 (FBI Laboratory Investigation); U.S. Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award 1998; Inspector General's Award of Merit, 1997 -Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon, 1985-1994 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES: -Board of Directors, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education, 2004-2005; Foundation for Justice Award, 2005 -Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Advisory Committee on Rules of Practice, 2001-2005 -Arizona Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2002-2005; Chair 2004-2005 -Chair, District of Arizona, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee (Phoenix), 2003-2004 -Judge Pro Tempore, Arizona Court of Appeals, 1993, 1998-1999; Maricopa County,1995-2002 -State Bar of Arizona Appellate Practice Section, Executive Council, 2003-Present; Chair 2004-2005 Task Force on Access to Justice, 2002-2004 Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, 1999-2005 Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 1996-1998 Criminal Rules Committee, 1995 -Volunteer Bar Counsel, Arizona State Bar Disciplinary Proceedings, 1993 -Arizona State Senate Ethics Committee, Special Investigative Counsel, 1991 TEACHING -University of Arizona, Adjunct Professor of Law; Election Law, 2003-2005 -Arizona State University, Adjunct Professor of Law; Election Law, 2001; Origins of the Constitution, 1993; Presidential Powers, 1989-1991; Advanced Civil Procedure, 1988; The Supreme Court, 1988 -Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, 1979-1983; Social Analysis 10 (introductory economics), 1979-1983; Allyn Young Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economics 1980, 1981; Antitrust Law and Economics, 1982-1983; The Supreme Court and the Constitution, 1982 |
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