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Bobbie Batley is a New Mexico Board Recognized Specialist in Divorce and Family Law. Bobbie represents clients in a variety of family law cases often involving complex matrimonial and property division issues including business valuation, professional …

Robert Thompson is the former Director of Communications & Marketing at IAALS. He worked to spread the mission of IAALS and its transformative impacts on the American legal system through his role. He joined the organization in July 2013. In his …

Robert L. Byman is a litigator and past president of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He represents clients in complex commercial cases on diverse issues ranging from patents and intellectual property, securities and commodities, civil rights, and …

Professor Rhee’s legal experience includes positions as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and a trial attorney in the Honors Program of the U.S. Department of Justice. He also has significant investment banking experience. He …

Riley Combelic was an intern at IAALS from January 2014 through January 2015, working on projects for all initiatives. Combelic is currently pursuing his J.D. and is a third-year law student at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where he is …

Dick Holme has tried almost 70 jury trials, including those while he was a Deputy District Attorney in Denver (1969-71), numerous trials to courts, and several arbitrations. He has been a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1983 …

Richard H. Middleton, Jr., is the owner and senior trial attorney in The Middleton Firm, LLC which is based in Savannah, Georgia. Middleton’s practice has spanned more than 30 years, primarily devoted to the representation of individuals who have been …

Rew Goodenow is a former president of the State Bar of Nevada and served a number of years on Parsons Behle & Latimer's board of directors. He has been lead counsel in many commercial and financial transactions. He has also been lead counsel in …

Becky Kourlis understands the law from all angles, including the one she built to help improve the legal system itself.  Becky spent nearly two decades on the bench—first as a Colorado state trial judge and then on the Colorado Supreme Court. After …

Rebecca L. Sandefur is Professor in the School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University and Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Her research investigates access to civil justice from every angle—from how legal services are …

Rebecca Chopp, Ph.D., has been chancellor of the University of Denver since September 2014. Informed by a campus-wide listening tour during her first 100 days, Chopp announced a community-wide strategic planning effort called Imagine DU. Through …

Justice Berch began her career as an Associate and Partner with the firm McGroder, Tryon, Heller, Rayes & Berch from 1979-1985, before serving as Director of the Legal Writing Program at Arizona State University College of Law from 1986–1991 and …

Randall H. Warner was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Arizona in August 2007. He is currently assigned to juvenile court, and previously served on family court, criminal court, and civil court assignments. From June 2015 through June 2018, Judge …

R. Joseph Parker, a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, was a partner in the Litigation Department and served as the firm's General Counsel. He handled complex and general commercial litigation and was former chair of the firm’s Appellate …

After spending nearly 15 years serving as a judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals, Phillip Garrison decided to return to litigation, helping guide his clients through complex commercial litigation matters at Polsinelli. Mr. Garrison spent his legal …

Peter Salem, M.A., is executive director of the Association of Family of Conciliation Courts (AFCC) an interdisciplinary and international association of more than 5,000 members worldwide. He served as AFCC associate director from 1994-2002. He was a …

Pete Kinser is the Strategic Design Consultant for IAALS' Foundations for Practice project. His career focus is applying Design to drive more equitable environments and systems by encouraging human-centered mindsets, principles, and practices. Kinser has …

Paula Littlewood joined the WSBA staff as deputy director in 2003 and served as its executive director from 2007 until 2019. Before joining the WSBA, Littlewood served as assistant dean for administration and public relations at the University of …

Paula L. Hannaford-Agor is the Director of the Center for Juries Studies at the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). In this capacity, she regularly conducts research and provides technical assistance and education to courts and court personnel on the …

Paul Lippe is CEO of OnRamp Systems, the leader in legal department productivity platforms to improve quality and efficiency and reduce costs of legal work. Legal OnRamp was first developed at a legal department productivity and collaboration platform for …