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PHOENIX, Ariz. (09/17/2021) – Micalann C. Pepe was recently appointed to several leadership positions in the American Bar Association Tort & Trial Insurance Practice Section. For the 2021-2022 ABA Leadership year, Pepe was named as:Membership Vice Chair: Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Diversity Vice Chair: Property Insurance Committee Vice Cha...

Dreams are great. They can sustain us through hard times or hard work. They can lift us up and let us down. We can learn from them whether or not they are realized. Have you followed any dreams in your life? Most dreams die. When this happens to you, what is your reaction? Does it drag you down or paralyze you? If so, you need to rethink how to look at failure; you...

We all make mistakes. Regularly. Do you think about what happened and try to learn from them, or do you beat yourself up? Or does it depend on the mistake and what and who it affected? Next time you make a mistake, take a step back and think how you prevent such a mistake from happening again. The cycle of beating yourself up does no good. It wastes time, which is ...

Lauren Garner is panelist at the State Bar of Arizona Probate Mediations Webinar. What: Probate Mediations – Getting to a Signed Settlement Agreement Exploration of factors that lead to a successful mediationTiming of the mediation Selection of the right mediator Preparing your clients and the mediator Awareness of possible experts or needed resour...

Phoenix, AZ (August 20, 2021) -- Jaburg Wilk is pleased to announce that 15 of their lawyers have been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America and an additional 7 attorneys have been included in the 2022 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded a...

I mean this in two ways. First, read news and know what’s going on in the world. Second, read books. Doing both is important in all facets of life. As for news, read whatever you like, such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post or other papers. Better yet, read or skim two, preferably with different takes, such as being left or right...

Efficiency and organization are important. We all work hard, but, if you’re going to put in the effort and time, are you reaching your goals? This could be the calls you planned to make in a given day, or tasks or projects on your to do list (assuming you use one). It’s one way to try to be efficient and organized. Many ideas exist to help with this and most ar...

Do you have a passion? I specifically am talking to a passion outside of your work. Maybe you like to play golf, paint, or play an instrument alone or with others. If you don’t, can you pinpoint where you lost yourself into work or the interests or control of others? Feeling good about your work is important, as is enjoying what you do, because it takes up a lot ...

The title is a quote from Einstein, and it’s true. In addition to thinking it’s better to approach matters from a positive perspective, I think he is getting at being open to ideas. When someone has an idea, some people jump on the bandwagon too fast and others pick the idea apart until nothing is left. Neither of these actions or reactions is helpful. Instead,...

It’s unfortunately a fairly common story: two students move to Arizona from another state to attend a public university with hopes of ultimately paying in-state tuition. Both students have similar backgrounds, graduated from the same high school and may even have extended family in Arizona. They each pay out-of-state tuition and apply for a change in their resid...