Frank Verderame - Phoenix, AZ

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona, 1982
    J.D.
    Honors: Moot Court Best Brief Award, 1981

• Non Legal Education

  • Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California, 1979
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Literature, James Madison Society
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Languages

• Italian

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer "Reimbursement Rights Under the Clinton Healthcare Proposals", Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 1994
  
• Lecturer, "Running the E.R.I.S.A. Blockade", National College of Advocacy, 1991
  
• Lecturer, "Liens - A Plague upon Us", Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
  
• Lecturer, "Limitations on Use of the Seatbelt Defense", Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, March 25, 1988
  
• Lecturer, "Punitive Damages in Bad Faith Actions - Dead or Alive?", Western Trial Lawyers Association, June 11, 1987

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Scottsdale

Representative Cases

• Anson v. American Motors Corp.
  • Citation: 747 P.2d 581
  • Court: Ariz.App. Div. 1
  • Year: 1987
  • Serial Number: 1987154995
• State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Brudnock
  • Citation: 727 P.2d 321
  • Court: Ariz.
  • Year: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1986151891
• Dorman v. Swift and Co.
  • Citation: 757 P.2d 1064
  • Court: Ariz.App. Div. 2
  • Year: 1988
  • Serial Number: 1988021598
• Hills v. Salt River Project Ass'n
  • Citation: 698 P.2d 216
  • Court: Ariz.App. Div. 1
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1985120469

Published Works

Articles

• "Settling Personal Injury Claims in Arizona", F. Verderame, L. Winthrop, W. Winslow and G. Wilt, February, 1987
  
• "Rossell v. Volkswagen - A New Standard of Care for Products Liability Actions?", Summation Magazine, Spring Ed, 1985
  
• "La Guirisprudenza Italiana Sul Diritto Del Mare", Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 1., 1982
  

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of Arizona
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Arizona, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1982

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified Specialist in Injury and Wrongful Death, State Bar Arizona, Board of Legal Specialization

Other Affiliations

• Arizona Bar Association, 1983 - 1991 (Civil Practice and Procedure Committee)
• Arizona Bar Association, 1985 - 1992
• Arizona Association for Justice (Director)
• Arizona Association for Justice, 1992 (President)
• Arizona Association for Justice, 1991 (Secretary-Treasurer)
• Arizona Association for Justice, 1990 (Seminar Director)
• Arizona Association for Justice, 1985 - 1991 (Legislative Director)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Member)
• America Association for Justice, Insurance Section, 1995 - 1996 (First Chair)
• America Association for Justice, 1994 - 1995 (Chairman)
• America Association for Justice, Insurance Section, 1993 - 1994 (First Vice Chair)
• America Association for Justice, 1992 - 1993 (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Maricopa County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• American Judicature Society (Member)
• American Arbitration Association (Panel of Arbitrators)
• Roscoe Pound Foundation (Member)
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Association (Member)
• Arizona Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
• Arizona Trial Lawyers Association (President)
• Sports Lawyers Association (Member)
• Maricopa County Superior Court and the Arizona Court of Appeals (Judge Pro Tem)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Alpha Delta