Admitted: 1974, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: University of Arizona, J.D.
Member: Maricopa County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Arizona (Member: Civil Jury Instructions Committee, 1995-1998; Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 2009); American Association of Justice; Arizona Association of Justice; American Trial Lawyers Association; Litigation Counsel of America; Arizona's Finest Lawyers.
Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Listed in: Who's Who in Arizona, 1989; Who's Who is America, 2000; Southwest Super Lawyers, 2008; Arizona's Finest Lawyers, 2011; American Trial Lawyer's Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers of Arizona, 2011; Litigation Counsel of Arizona, 2011. Assistant Attorney General, 1974-1983. Executive Director, Arizona State Lottery, 1983-1987. Member: Friedl, Richter & Buri, P.A., 1987-2008; Charles E. Buri, P.L.C., 2008. City of Phoenix Community Services Commission, 1983-1985; Rotary, 1993-1998; Luke's Men, 1993-1998. Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County, Arizona Superior Court, 2003. Life Member, Fiesta Bowl Committee.
Born: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1950
Cases: Patton v. Cox, 276 F.3d 493 (9th Cir. 2002); U.S. Postal Service v. Amada, 200 F.3d 647 (9th Cir. 2000); DeCola v. Freyer, 198 Ariz. 28, 6 P.3d 333 (App. 2000); Culpepper v. State, 187 Ariz. 431, 930 P.2d 508 (App. 1996); Schmitz v. Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners, 141 Ariz. 37, 684 P.2d 918 (App. 1984); Matter of Wickman, 138 Ariz. 337, 674 P.2d 891 (App. 1983); Caldwell v. Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners, 137 Ariz. 396, 670 P.2d 1220 (App. 1983); Lipschultz v. Superior Court, 128 Ariz. 16, 623 P.2d 805 (1981); Barnet v. Board of Medical Examiners, 121 Ariz. 338, 590 P.2d 454 (1979); Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners v. Hyder, 114 Ariz. 544, 562 P.2d 717 (1977).