National Merit Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Truman Scholar. Member, Dean's Advisory Board for the Arizona State University Honors College. Periodically volunteers to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and at-risk children through the Community Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program and Children's Law Project. Author: "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2009; "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008; "Insurance Coverage Litigation," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, September 7, 2007; "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2007; "The Practical Implications of the Lennar adv. Auto-Owners Decision," Seminar for the Construction Defect Section of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel; March 21, 2007; "CONSENT TO SETTLE: DAMRON/MILLER/MORRIS AGREEMENTS," Discussion Group Leader at the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's (TIPS) 13th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program, February 18, 2005; "Playing By The Rules: Violations of Ethics Rules as Evidence of Legal Malpractice," published in FICC Quarterly, Vol.51, No.4, Summer 2001. (Also Partner, Harper, Christian, Dichter & Sluga and Also at Las Vegas, Nevada Office)