< PreviousAWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS PRESS RELEASES EVENTS PROMOTIONS ACTIVITIES HONORS RECOGNITIONS TALK TOWN of the SUBMIT PRESS RELEASES FOR NEXT MONTH’S TALK OF THE TOWN AT WWW.ATTORNEYATLAWMAGAZINE.COM/SUBMIT-TOT/ Awards • Announcements • Press Releases • Promotions Events • Activities • Honors • Recognitions Jones, Skelton & Ho- chuli is pleased to wel- come Kunal Patel to our transportation, auto, products and gen- eral liability trial group. Patel focuses his practice in the areas of auto liability, premises liability, products liability and transportation defense. The law firm of Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. is proud to announce Tori Rand- ich of Carl Hayden High School as the September 2019 recipient of the B&C Star Teacher Award. Randich is an English teacher who has been in the teaching profession for 15 years, the last 5 at Carl Hayden. The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University announced the newly named Allan “Bud” Selig Master of Sports Law and Busi- ness program and the establishment of the Marie Selig Professorship in Selig’s mother’s name. The inaugural Marie Selig Professorship was awarded to Professor Zachary Gubler, whose research interests lie in the ar- eas of corporate law and financial and securities regulation. Jones, Skelton & Hochuli is pleased to welcome associates Clarissa Rei- man and Amy Salamon. Reiman joins the firm with 18 years of legal experi- ence, primarily in civil litigation and insurance defense. Salamon focuses her practice in the areas of general civ- il litigation, insurance defense, prem- ises liability, and automobile liability defense. Before joining the firm, she worked as a law clerk for the Honor- able James A. Teilborg of the U.S. Dis- trict Court for the District of Arizona. The firm is also pleased to welcome back its 2018 summer associates, Ian Beck, Brian Cuevas, Nicole Prefontaine and Evann Waschuk. They join the firm as law clerks after graduating from law school in May 2019. Jennings Haug Cun- ningham is pleased to announce that Karen S. Gaylord, a partner with the firm’s environmental practice, has been elect- ed as fellow with the American College of Environmental Lawyers. Gov. Doug Ducey ap- pointed Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Ari- zona Supreme Court. The prosecutor will re- place retired Chief Jus- tice Scott Bales. Arizona adoption attorney Rita A. Meiser has been elected to serve as the president of the board of directors of Aid to Adoption of Special Kids, which supports lasting and permanent relation- ships by connecting children in foster care with foster families, adoptive families, kin, siblings, and adult mentors. WealthCounsel awarded Arizona estate planning attorney Whitney Sorrell, Esq. for his dedication to scholarship at its annual Symposium in Boston. Gust Rosenfeld, P.L.C. is pleased to an- nounce that A. Daniel “Dan” Coumides has joined the firm’s insur- ance and litigation practice groups. Coumides’ practice is focused on general liability defense, insurance coverage analysis, com- mercial litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, and professional lia- bility litigation. Micalann Pepe was selected to be one of only 24 members of the American Bar As- sociation Tort Insur- ance Practice Section Leadership Academy for 2018-2019. At the end of that leadership training program, in addi- tion to beginning her third term as Vice Chair Insurance Coverage Liti- gation Committee, the ABA selected her to be Vice Chair for the following national American Bar Association TIPS Committees for 2019-2020: Kunal Patel Karen S. Gaylord Bill Montgomery Rita A. 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Coppersmith Brock- elman, a business law firm in Phoenix, is pleased to announce that Marki Stewart has joined the firm as of counsel. Stewart helps hospitals, laboratories, surgical cen- ters and other health care organiza- tions navigate a variety of complex business and regulatory issues. Fennemore Craig, a leading law firm in the Mountain West, an- nounced that firm partner and em- ployee benefits attorney Ryan Curtis , has been named to the board of di- rectors of the Greater Phoenix Cham- ber of Commerce. MacQueen & Gottlieb, PLC an- nounced the hiring of Carrie Thomp- son Jones as the firm’s newest attor- ney. Thompson Jones joins the firm from her own practice, where she has counseled and advised entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech venture and startup business space. Torres Law Group partner Jim Bar- ton was named one of Arizona Capi- tol Times Leaders of the Year in Pub- lic Policy. 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