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Michael J.S. ‘Mick’ Rusing
Education
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Honors and
Awards •
Professional
Activities
Published
Articles •
Professional
Lectures
Community Activities
• Representative
Matters
Reported Cases •
Representative
Clients
Practice
Areas
Commercial Litigation
Construction Litigation
Tort Liability Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Class Action Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Insurance Defense
Probate Litigation
Employment Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Franchise Law and Litigation
Education
Stanford
Law School, J.D., 1980
University
of San Francisco, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977
Honors and Awards
Fellow, American
College of Trial Lawyers, 2004
Chambers USA,
America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2007), Litigation
(see
lawyers' commentary about Mick
Rusing)
Best Lawyers in
America (2007 edition), Commercial Litigation
Southwest Super
Lawyers (2007 edition), Business Litigation
Environmentalist
of the Year, Arizona Game and Fish Commission, 2007
Top Seven Arizona
Litigators (2008 edition of Benchmark:
America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys)
Professional
Activities
Fellow,
American College of Trial Lawyers: Member, Judiciary
Committee, 2004-present
American Board of Trial
Advocates, 1998-present
Ninth Circuit
Lawyers’ Advisory Board, 2004-2006
Ninth Circuit
Judicial Conference Executive Committee, 2003-2004
Lawyer
Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference,
2000-2003
American Bar Association:
House of Delegates, 1999-2003; Committee on Business Torts
Litigation; Sections on Litigation; Tort and Insurance
Practice; Labor and Employment Law
Pima County Superior Court: Judge Pro Tempore, 1991-present
State Bar of Arizona:
Executive Committee, Trial Practice Section, 1995-2000;
Disciplinary Committee, 1989-1997
Tucson Federal Bar Association
(Charter Member/Steering Committee Member, 1995-present;
President, 1999-2000
Pima County Commission on
Trial Court Appointments, 1994-1998
Pima County Bar Association: Chairman, Rules Committee, 1991-2001
Tucson Defense Bar Association: Member; President, 1989-1990
Defense Research Institute
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Published
Articles
"Business Torts:
A Fifty-State Guide," Author/Editor for Arizona, 2007 edition
"Managing
the Cost of Electronic Discovery," General Counsel
Roundtable, 2004
"Punitive
Damages from the Plaintiff's Perspective," State Bar of
Arizona, 1996
"Ethical
Considerations in Filing Dispositive Motions," American
Bar Association, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice,
National Institute Publication entitled Streamlining Your
Case, 1991
"Arbitration
in the Nineties," Arizona Attorney, 1990
"Emerging
Areas of Employer Liability," Personnel Law Update,
Council on Education in Management, 1989
Professional
Lectures
'Lawyers and
the Media Look at the Court of Appeals," Ninth Circuit
Conference, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of
Law, October 2005
"Managing the
Cost of Electronic Discovery," General Counsel Roundtable,
2004
"Course on Professionalism,"
Professional Course Oversight Committee, State Bar of
Arizona, April 2003
"Innovations in Civil Jury
Trials – What Can be Done to Make Juries More Efficient and
Effective," Magistrate Judges Education Program, Ninth
Circuit Judicial Conference, Coronado, California, July 2002
"Juror Discussions During
Trial and Other Heresies, or How to Unpot a Plant,"
Moderator of Panel Discussion, Chief District Judges of the
Ninth Judicial Circuit, Tucson, Arizona, January, 2002
"Avoiding Legal Malpractice,"
State Bar of Arizona Young Lawyers Division, Tucson, Arizona,
November 2001
"The Changing Dynamics of Bear
Management: Arizona’s Experience with Litigation from a Bear
Mauling," 7th Western Black Bear Workshop, Coos Bay, Oregon,
May 2000
"The Art of Advocacy," State
Bar of Arizona Convention, June 1997
"Planning Ahead to Avoid Legal
Malpractice," National Business Institute, 1997
"Practical Legal Ethics,"
National Business Institute, May 1997
"Recent Changes in Punitive
Damage Law," CLE-Ops, February 1997
"Recent Developments in the
Law of Punitive Damages: Gore v. BMW," State Bar of Arizona,
December 1996
"Effective Use of Jury
Consultants and Focus Group Research," Tucson Defense Bar
Association, November 1995
"Employee Discharge and
Documentation in Arizona," Lorman Education Services,
September 1994
"Employment at Will in
Arizona: Dogma or Dinosaur," Lorman Education Services,
1994
"Life Under the Zlaket Rules:
Newfound Professionalism and Cooperation or Just New
Battlegrounds?" State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Legal Skills,
1992
"Bench and Bar: Lawyers and
Judges Discuss Problem Areas in Civil Practice," State Bar
of Arizona, December 1992
"Written and Oral Discovery In
Light of the New Rules," Arizona Legal Skills, State Bar of
Arizona, May 1992
"Panel on Prosecution and
Defense of Summary Judgment Motions" (Chairman) Arizona
Attorney General's Annual Conference, November 1991
"Streamlining Your Case,"
American Bar Association, Section of Tort and Insurance
Practice, National Institute, Coronado, California, March
1991
"Arbitration," Arizona Legal
Skills, State Bar of Arizona, March 1990
"Motion Practice," Arizona
Institute of Continuing Legal Education, November 1989
"Emerging Areas of Employer
Liability," Council on Education in Management, October
1989
"Court Award of Attorneys'
Fees in Litigation," State Bar of Arizona, August 1988
"Panel on Environmental Law
and Litigation" (Chairman) Tucson Defense Bar Association,
September 1988
Community
Activities
National Rifle
Association, Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Committee,
2004-present
Tucson Conquistadors,
Member, 2000-present
Tucson Metropolitan YMCA,
Board Member, 1995-2001
Tucson Fiesta Bowl Committee,
Life Member, 1986-present
Los Charros del Desierto,
Board Member, 1997-present
Arizona Antelope Foundation,
Charter Member, 1993-present
Wildlife for Tomorrow,
Board Member, 1999-2003
Pima Community College Bond
Program Citizens Oversight Committee, Member, 1995-2000
Stanford Club of Southern
Arizona, Member; President, 1984-1986
Downtown Lohse YMCA,
Board Member, 1991-1995
Leadership Tucson,
Graduate, 1986
Representative
Matters
Successful
defense of the University
of
Arizona in the Mt. Graham telescope litigation brought by the Apache Survival Coalition
$2.4
million plaintiffs' verdict in a class action of Yuma citrus
growers brought against a packing plant
$1
million judgment against Orkin for fraud in connection with
termite treatment
Successful
defense of Tucson Mayor Lewis Murphy in an Open Meeting Law
Prosecution
Lead
counsel in a $28 million class settlement against
Stratosphere, Corp. and related entities
Fee
award as sanctions against Southwest Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit under the Endangered
Species Act
Lead
counsel in $5.5 million dollar class action settlement against
Citizen's Utilities for substandard electrical service
provided to residents of Santa Cruz County
$10
million bad faith judgment against Westport Insurance
Successful
defense of multiple beryllium toxic tort cases
Reported
Cases
Bloxham
v. Glock, Inc., 203 Ariz. 271, 53 P.3d 16 (App. 2002)
Gamez
v. Brush Wellman, Inc., 201 Ariz. 266, 34 P.3d 375 (App. 2001)
Loral
Terracom v. Valley Nat. Bank, 49 F.3d 555 (9th Cir. 1995)
Robin
Cable Systems L.P. v.
City
of Sierra Vista, 842 F.Supp. 380 (D. Ariz. 1993)
In
Re: Estate of Ivancovich, 151 Ariz. 442, 728 P.2d 661 (App. 1986)
Gates
Learjet Corporation v. Jensen, 743 F.2d 1325 (9th Cir.
1984)
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