Patricia Refo
Snell & Wilmer LLP
Patricia Lee Refo
Practice concentrated in commercial litigation.PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
The Best Lawyers in America(R)
WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW(R) EDUCATION
University of Michigan School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983)
University of Michigan (B.A., high honors and high distinction, 1980) COURT ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Arizona
United States District Court, District of Arizona
Supreme Court of Illinois
United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
United States Courts of Appeals, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
United States Tax Court
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
United States Judicial Conference
Member, Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence (2000-present)
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation
Vice Chair
Executive Committee (1994-present)
Staff Liaison Committee, Chair (1995-present)
Strategic Planning Committee (1992-1998)
Secretary (1994-1998)
Conference on the Woman Advocate (1993-1995)
Task Force on Model Rules for Civil Trials (1996-1999)
Task Force on Post-Conviction Appeals, Co-Chair (1996-1998)
Standing Committee on Membership (2000-present), Liaison (1999-2000)
House of Delegates (1998-2001)
Commission on Women in the Profession, Liaison (1997-1998)
Section Officers’ Conference Representative to Advisory Committee (1995-1997)
State Bar of Arizona
Convention Planning Committee (1999)
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty (1989-present)
COMMERCIAL LENDING LIABILITY NEWS, LRP Publications, Board of Advisors (1989-present) OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jenner and Block, Chicago, Illinois
Partner(1990-1996); Associate (1983-1990) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Arizona Foundation for Women, Director (1999-present)
Arizona Academic Decathlon Association, Board of Advisors (2001-present)
Arizona Academic Decathlon Association, Director (1997-2001)
The Episcopal Parish of St. Barnabas on the Desert, Chancellor (1999-present)
Phoenix Public Library Foundation, Co-Chair
Dinner in the Stacks (2000)
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