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         Navigating procedure in unfamiliar jurisdictions can be perilous and lead to unexpected consequences without the insight of local counsel. Arizona presents a mostly welcoming forum. Its Rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence are purposefully patterned after their federal analogues.  This commonal…

Weather forecasters are already predicting a long hot summer in the Pacific Northwest, and that means that local public pools, splash pads, and ice cream shops will soon be packed to the gills. For those lucky enough to have access to a family-owned lake cabin on one of Washington’s 8,000 lakes, it’s time to pack up and head out to your home aw…

Government regulation impacts much of our commercial lives. Both the scope and scale of regulatory obligations on business and individuals have expanded in the last seventy-five years. At the same time, the procedures used by government to administer these rules also have become more complex and the power of government agencies has grown …

Kim, please tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Tucson, and we moved around a bit, including to Santa Monica and Denver, but I was raised in Scottsdale.  I went to Arizona State University and majored in Spanish. That’s where I met my husband, Hector, also an attorney at Fennemore. I went to the Univers…