Wednesday, June 13, 2012
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Evo A. DeConcini United States Courthouse
405 West Congress Street
Jury Assembly Room

Celebrate the end of a successful year for our Tucson Chapter and satisfy your three hour ethics CLE requirement for the Arizona Bar. This Seminar is free to members and occurs in time for you to meet the Arizona Bar’s June 30, 2012 deadline for obtaining CLE credit. A reception will follow the Seminar. If you aren’t yet a member, join the FBA now and take advantage of this free CLE.

Larry J. Cohen will present the program. Mr. Cohen is a certified specialist in injury and wrongful death litigation who has focused in his more than twenty six years of practice on serious medical injury and emotional damages cases, including especially brain injury claims. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University in 1985, and has been admitted to practice in Arizona since 1985. Mr. Cohen speaks nationally to groups of lawyers, other professionals, insurance companies, governmental entities, risk managers and other interest groups about litigation and trial practice matters, legal ethics, alternative dispute resolution, and issues in brain damage, law and medicine and law and psychology. He has received awards from the Maricopa County Bar Association and the State Bar of Arizona for excellence in continuing legal education. He also received a President’s Award from the State Bar of Arizona for contributions in continuing legal education.

Please click the link below to download the May 2012 (Vol 1, Issue 2) issue of the Tucson Federal Bar Association Newsletter.

The Tucson Chapter of the FBA regrets to announce that this event has been postponed. All current registrations will be refunded, and new announcements will be sent when the event has been rescheduled. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

The Arizona Minority Bar Association invites you to a special evening honoring:

• The Honorable Margarita Bernal, Ret.
• The Honorable Hector Campoy, Ret.
• The Honorable Glenda Edmonds, Ret. Feb 2012
• The Honorable Norman Fenton, Ret.

JW Marriott Starr Pass, 3800 W. Starr Pass Blvd. Tucson, Arizona

5:30 p.m. ~~ Cocktails, 7 p.m. ~~ Dinner

$85 per person or $850 for a table of 10

For your convenience, you can now register online and pay with a credit card.

http://azminoritybar.org/

For info: Tamara Mulembo at Tamara_Mulembo@fd.org or Leticia Marquez Leticia_Marquez@fd.org

Oral Arguments

Date: Monday, March 26, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Ares Auditorium - Room 164
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
1201 E. Speedway, Tucson, AZ 85719

Click here to register for this event

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hold oral arguments at the James E. Rogers College of Law. Information regarding event registration and procedures will be made available on our web site prior to the event. Seating in the Ares Auditorium is limited. Priority seating is available for law students, attorneys appearing before the Court, and others with confirmed reservations. Remaining seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The cases to be heard include:

United States v. Zarate-Gaspar

Julio Zarate-Gaspar appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to illegal reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. Case 10-10477

Court Briefs

Didiana v. Parball Corp.

Anthony Didiana appeals the district court's summary judgment in his action under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act against Parball Corp. Didiana alleges gender and age discrimination in his termination from his job as a bartender at O'Shea's Casino and Bar. Case 10-17527

Court Briefs

In re Ratliff

Harlan J. Ratliff and Theresa L. Ratliff, chapter 11 debtors, appeal the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's partial affirmance of the bankruptcy court's judgment after trial in an adversary proceeding in which Todd Campbell and Stephanie McRae claimed that the Ratliffs received more than their rightful share of the proceeds of the sale of a farm by Cochise Agricultural Properties, LLC ("CAP"). The parties are members of CAP, whose operating agreement provides that distributions shall be made to repay the members' respective capital contributions before being made in equal shares to the members. Wells Fargo Bank collected funds from CAP when the Ratliffs could not pay a debt. The bankruptcy court found that the Ratliffs' capital contribution to CAP was the farm, and that its value was equal to the cash contributed by Campbell and McRae. The bankruptcy concluded that the payment to Wells Fargo resulted in an overpayment to the Ratliffs because the parties were entitled to equal shares of distributions from CAP, and that the Ratliffs' debt for the overpayment was nondischargeable. The BAP reversed in part the judgment of nondischargeability and otherwise affirmed. Campbell and McRae cross-appeal. Case 10-60051

Court Briefs

At the end of the final argument, the judges will be available to answer general questions from audience members. While judges are prohibited from answering questions about pending cases, they can discuss Court operations and the decision-making process. The three-judge panel will be named one week prior to the event.

Ninth Circuit Court security and conduct guidelines

The Rehnquist Center

The Court's visit to Arizona Law has been coordinated by the Rehnquist Center, a non-partisan center that honors the legacy of Chief Justice Rehnquist. The Center is dedicated to encouraging scholarship about, and public understanding of, the separation of powers, the balance of powers between the federal and state governments, and judicial independence.