For over 25 years, Mr. Bush has practiced in trial and appellate courts in California and Arizona. As a litigator, counselor, arbitrator, and mediator, he gained experience in diverse substantive areas of the law, including contract and transactional disputes, probate and trusts, Uniform Commercial Code, trade secrets, corporate and partnership governance, employment discrimination, ERISA, intellectual property, antitrust, RICO, government contracts, environmental issues, defamation, immigration, and insurance coverage, to name a few. In the years he worked in Arizona before moving to California in 1998, Mr. Bush also served as a pro tem judge for the Arizona Superior Court and Court of Appeals.
Practice Areas
• Trust & Probate Litigation
• Business & Commercial Litigation
• Appeals
Education
• J.D, University of Arizona, with high distinction, 1981
Order of the Coif
Arizona Law Review (Editor in Chief; Executive Editor)
Law College Association Award for Scholarship and Service
Student Member of College of Law Executive Committee
• B.S., University of Arizona, with distinction, 1978
Double Major in Astronomy and Physics
Phi Kappa Phi
Bar Associations
• State Bar of California 1998
• U.S. Southern District of California 2000
• U.S. Central District of California 2001
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1982
• U.S. Supreme Court 1986
• State Bar of Arizona 1981
(currently inactive)
• U.S. District of Arizona 1982
(currently inactive)
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Other Legal Experience
• Arbitrator/Chairperson for NASD Dispute Resolution, Inc.
• Former pro tem judge for Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
• Former court-appointed mediator, arbitrator, and pro tem judge in
Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court
• Former Arizona Department of Education Due Process Hearing Officer
• Judicial Clerk to The Hon. Frank X. Gordon, Jr., Arizona Supreme Court 1981-82
Professional and Other Activities
• San Diego County Bar Association
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Appellate Court Committee
• Cardiff By The Sea (CA) Chamber of Commerce
Director, 1999-2003
Vice President, 2000- 2001
Chair of Rob Machado Surf Classic 2000-200
Chair, Cardiff Community Consensus Conference 2001
• Madison School District (Phoenix) volunteer service on:
Financial Oversight Committee 1997-98
Foreign Language Task Force 1996-97
Curriculum Council 1993-97
Received district’s Award of Excellence in May 1997
• Arizona Town Hall
Training Committee 1986-98
Recorder and report chair for Arizona Town Halls
• Arizona State Bar, Alternative Dispute Res. Section
Secretary 1998-99
Financial Officer 1999-00
• Arizona Law Review Association
Co-founder, past President, and past member of Board of Directors
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