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Mark I. Harrison
 
Education
L.L.B., Harvard Law School, 1960

B.A., Antioch College, 1957
 
Clerkships
Supreme Court of Arizona, Justice Lorna E. Lockwood, 1960-1961
 
Professional Recognitions and Awards
National Board of Directors, Justice at Stake, 2009-

Presidential Commendation, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2008

Southwest Super Lawyers, Top 50 Arizona Attorneys, 2007-2008

Southwest Super Lawyers, Professional Liability: Defense, General Litigation, Appellate, 2007-2009

American Bar Association, Mike Franck Award for Professional Responsibility, 1996

State Bar of Arizona, Walter E. Craig Award, 2002

Peggy Goldwater Award, presented by Planned Parenthood of Central & Northern Arizona, 2003

University of Arizona, Distinguished Honorary Alumnus Convocation Award, 2003

University of Arizona, Law College Association Appreciation Award, 2003

Judge Learned Hand Award for Community Service, Arizona Chapter of American Jewish Committee, March 2005

University of Arizona, Alumni Association Honorary Alumnus Award, 2007

State Bar of Arizona, Award of Special Merit, 1993

Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial, 2004-2009

The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law, editions 1995-2010

Marquis' Who's Who in America®

Marquis' Who's Who in American Law®

Marquis' Who's Who in Arizona®
 
Practice Areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appellate
Litigation
Professional Liability/Licensure/Ethics and Counseling
 
Bar Admissions
Arizona, 1961

Colorado, 1991
 
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the District of Arizona, 1961

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits, 1965

United States Supreme Court, 1968

Arizona Supreme Court, 1961
 
Professional Activities
Maricopa County Bar Association, Board of Directors, 1966-1971; President, 1970

State Bar of Arizona, Board of Governors, 1971-1977; President, 1975-1976; Ethics Committee, 1968-1974; Supreme Court Special Committee on Lawyer Discipline and Professional Conduct, 1983-1984; State Bar Committee on Model Rules of Professional Conduct, 1981-1983; State Bar Committee on Professionalism, Member, 1988- ; State Bar Professionalism Course Committee, Chair, 1988-1993; Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Judicial Conduct, 2000; Ethical Rules Review Group, 2001-2003; Supreme Court Taskforce on Rules Relating to Lawyer Discipline, 2002-2003

Arizona Bar Foundation, Founding Fellow; Board of Directors, Member, 1984-1992; President, 1991

Western States Bar Conference, President, 1978-1979

National Conference of Bar Presidents, Executive Council, 1971-1973, 1975-1978; President, 1977-1978

American Bar Association, State Delegate, House of Delegates, 1981-1984; State Bar Delegate, House of Delegates, 1978-1981, 1997-2000; Assembly Delegate, House of Delegates, 1987-1996; Antitrust Section; Litigation Section; Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities (Council Member, 1983-1989); Section of Torts and Insurance Practice (Council Member, 1989-1992); Commission on Women in the Profession, 1994-1997; ABA Commission on Public Understanding About the Law Chairman and Member, 1984-1987; Brown v. Board of Education Commission, Member, 2003- ; Standing Committee on Professional Discipline Member, 1975-1984, Chairman, 1982-1984; ABA/BNA Lawyer's Manual on Professional Conduct, Member, Editorial Board, 1984-1987; ABA Committee on Professionalism, Chairman, 1987-1989; Standing Committee on Lawyers Professional Liability, Member, 1992-1994; ABA Commission on Evaluation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Member, Advisory Council, 1997-1999; Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Member, 1999-2002; ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Code of Judicial Conduct, Chair, 2002-2007

American Bar Foundation, Fellow

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow, President, 1993-1994

The Order of Barristers (Appellate Advocacy Honorary Society)

American Judicature Society, Board of Directors, 1981-1987; Executive Committee, 1983-1986

American Board of Trial Advocates

Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Founding Member and Board of Directors, 1974-1983

Sandra Day O'Connor Inn of Court LXIII, Master, President, 1993-1994

Member, American Law Institute (Members Consultative Group, Restatement of the Law, The Law Governing Lawyers)

Human Rights First, Member, National Council, 1997-

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Member, Board of Directors, 2002-

University of Arizona, College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics, 1994-1997

Arizona State University, College of Law, Adjunct Professor, Legal Ethics, 2001-

Justice For All, Founding Member and President, 2005-
 
Community Activities
Careers for Youth, Board of Directors, 1963-1967; President, 1966-1967

Democratic Party of Arizona, Executive Committee, 1964-1974; Vice Chairman, 1968-1970; Legal Counsel, 1970-1972

Phoenix Citizens Bond Advisory Commission, Chairman, 1975-1979

Phoenix Environmental Quality Commission, Member, 1972-1975

Valley Commerce Association, President, 1978

Camelback Mental Health Foundation Member, Board of Trustees, 1979-1987; Vice President, 1982-1984

Harvard Law School Association, Member, National Executive Council, 1980-1984

Planned Parenthood of Northern Arizona, Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996; President, 1995; Board of Trustees, Vice-Chair, 1997-

Teach for America, Member, Chair, Advisory Committee (Arizona), 1995-1998

University of Arizona College of Law Board of Visitors, Member, 1995-

University of Arizona Law College Association Board of Directors, Member, 1995- ; President, 2002-2003

Arizona State University Law Society, Board of Directors, 1999-

Arizona Friends of Talking Books, President, 2000-2001; Board Member, 2000-2003

Jazz in Arizona, Inc., Board of Directors, 2000-2002

Arizona Policy Forum, Board of Directors, 2000-2002
 
Publications and Presentations
Co-author (with Keith A. Swisher), When Judges Should Be Seen, Not Heard: Extrajudicial Comments Concerning Pending Cases and the Controversial Self-Defense Exception in the New Code of Judicial Conduct, 64 N.Y.U. Ann. Surv. Am. L. (forthcoming 2009)
Arizona Appellate Practice, Co-author, 1966
Actions Against Insurer for Bad Faith Failure to Settle Claim, 21 Am. Jur. Trials 229, Co-author, 1974
Standards for Lawyer Discipline and Disability Proceedings, 11 Capital U.L.R. 529, 1982
An Overview: The New Arizona Rules of Professional Conduct, 20 Arizona Bar Journal 8, 1985
LLPs Are Just Another Star Wars! 39 S. Tex. L.R., 633, 1998
Co-author (Mary Gray Davidson), Ethical Implications of Partnerships and Other Associations Involving American and Foreign Lawyers, 22 Penn St. Int'l L. Rev. 4 (2004)
Co-author (Sara Greene, Keith Swisher, Meghan Grabel), On the Validity and Vitality of Arizona's Judicial Merit Selection System: Past, Present, and Future, XXXIV, No. 1 Fordham Urb. L.J. 239 (2007)
The 2007 ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct: Blueprint for a Generation of Judges, Vol. 28 The Justice Journal, No. 3 (2007)

 

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