Gaya Shanmuganatha has been elected to serve as President of the State Bar of Arizona’s Young Lawyers Division (“YLD”) for the 2021-2022 term. Gaya is currently serving as YLD’s President-Elect and previously served a two-year term on YLD’s Executive Council as a Maricopa County District Representative.
Gianni Pattas has been appointed to a three-year term with the State Bar’s Fee Arbitration Program. The purpose of the State Bar of Arizona Fee Arbitration Program is to provide a forum for the binding arbitration of fee disputes. Gianni will serve as an Arbitrator and hold fee arbitration hearings and issue awards.
Gianni Pattas was appointed to a three-year term with the State Bar’s Ethics Advisory Group. Gianni just completed his first one-year term with the Ethics Advisory Group and his new term will run from 2020-2023. The Ethics Advisory Group purpose is to provide assistance to the State Bar and its members in the resolution of …
Appellate practitioner Amy Sells was nominated by the Arizona Appellate Practice Section’s Executive Council, and elected by her peers, to serve as Member-at-Large for the 2020-2021 term.
How Arizona Legislation Promotes Autonomous Vehicle Development By J. Lawrence McCormley & Laura L. Wochner It’s becoming more and more common for Arizonans to see autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles on the roads today. The New York Times recently proclaimed that Arizona is “where self-driving cars go to learn.” One of the reasons that Arizona has …