NEGOTIATION ETHICS: WINNING WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL (Part A)

Gary Birnbaum Related Seminars and Products

P.A.

McIntyre & Friedlander

Gary L. Birnbaum is the Managing Director of Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., and a senior litigation attorney with the firm. Mr. Birnbaum has significant experience in all aspects of complex commercial, real estate, insurance and eminent domain litigation and has served as the leader of transaction teams involved in the acquisition and sale of major hospital facilities, the purchase and financing of a national sports franchise, and many other significant business and real estate transactions. Mr. Birnbaum is also an experienced arbitrator and mediator of commercial disputes and has been a member of the National Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association for more than twenty years. 

Mr. Birnbaum graduated summa cum laude (B.A. with highest honors) from the State University of New York at Binghamton and obtained his law degree (magna cum laude) from Indiana University where he served as Articles Editor of the Indiana Law Journal. Mr. Birnbaum has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the Coif. He is a well-known lecturer on business and real estate valuation topics and has been a contributor to the Commercial Real Estate Transactions Practices Manual, published by the State Bar of Arizona, and to Nichols on Eminent Domain, published by Matthew Bender. He has served as Chairman of the Law Practice Management Section of the State Bar of Arizona and is a member of The Counselors of Real Estate. Mr. Birnbaum is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the College of Law Practice Management. For many years he has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation) and has served as Adjunct Professor at the Arizona State University College of Law, where he teaches an advanced course on “Private Property Rights.” Mr. Birnbaum currently holds the position of Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Program Development, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Among his civic activities, Mr. Birnbaum has also served as President of the Phoenix Theatre, one of the country’s oldest continuously operating theaters. 

John Buttrick Related Seminars and Products

Superior Court Judge

Maricopa County

The Honorable John A. Buttrick was appointed to the Superior Court in Maricopa County in 2001 and has served on the Judicial Executive Committee since 2002. Previously, he was a partner with Brown and Bain, P.A.  He received his JD from Harvard Law School in 1976 and his undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Denver in 1973.

Karen Clark Related Seminars and Products

P.C.

Adams & Clark

Karen graduated magna cum laude from the Honors College at Arizona State University in 1986, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.  Karen attended law school at the University of Arizona, where she was on the dean’s list.  During her final year, she served as an intern to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C.  Karen was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1989.  She clerked for a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, and then joined the Attorney General’s Office as a civil prosecutor.  After four years at the AG’s, Karen worked on the campaign staff of a candidate for governor.  She then joined the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office, where she served as a criminal defense lawyer, and gained significant trial experience.  In 1997, Karen went to work at the State Bar of Arizona, as a prosecutor in the Lawyer Regulation Department.  Karen engaged in extensive trial work, enforcing the Rules of Professional Conduct.  In July 2002, she became the first writing supervisor in Lawyer Regulation, editing the appellate work product of all bar counsel, including supervisors.  Karen argued two significant lawyer discipline cases to the Arizona Supreme Court.  In 2004, Karen was promoted to Ethics Counsel.  In this role, she drafted ethics opinions, provided ethics advice to Arizona attorneys and taught numerous continuing legal education seminars throughout the state.  She supervised the State Bar’s Ethics Department, including the staff of the Client Protection Fund and Fee Arbitration Program.   In 2005, Karen was admitted to the Hawaii State Bar and started a firm in Waikoloa, Hawaii.  She served on the Hawaii State Bar’s Consumer Protection Committee, and was instrumental in drafting a pending Supreme Court rule prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law.  She also served as President of the West Hawaii Bar Association.  In January 2009 Karen returned to Arizona and opened the firm of Adams & Clark, PC.  The firm focuses on representing lawyers in discipline matters, admissions, reinstatements and fee disputes, and also offers lawyers guidance on the new rules concerning random trust account audits.

Mark Harrison Related Seminars and Products

Partner

Osborn Maledon

Mark I. Harrison received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1960 and is currently a Member of the Phoenix, Arizona law firm Osborn Maledon PA.  He is a past President of the State Bar of Arizona (1975-76) and the Arizona Bar Foundation (1991). He served on the Members’ Consultative Group for the American Law Institute Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers and was the President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) in 1992-93 and of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers in 1993-94. From 2000-2003, Mr. Harrison served as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics.  From 2003 until 2007, Mr. Harrison chaired the ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Code of Judicial Conduct. Mr. Harrison has taught the required course in legal ethics at the University of Arizona Law School (1994-97) and since 2000, has served as an adjunct professor teaching legal ethics at Arizona State University School of Law. He regularly represents lawyers in discipline and malpractice cases and frequently serves as an expert in malpractice and professional responsibility matters. Mr. Harrison has been the recipient of several awards including the ABA Michael Franck Award for Professional Responsibility and the Walter E. Craig Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Bar of Arizona.

Reginald (Reg) M. Ballantyne III, Senior Corporate Officer Related Seminars and Products

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.

Reginald (Reg) M. Ballantyne III joined Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., the national hospital company based in Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 2001 and is currently a Senior Corporate Officer of the company.  Prior to joining Vanguard, Mr. Ballantyne had served for nearly 28 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMH Health Resources, Inc., a multi-unit healthcare system based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mr. Ballantyne's background includes service as 1997 Chairman of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 1998 Speaker of the AHA House of Delegates.  He has served on a multitude of national boards including the Board of Commissioners for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Chairman of the AHA Committee of Commissioners.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).  He is a recipient of the ACHE Gold Medal Award for management excellence, recipient of the Hope Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and recipient of the Institute for Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee.  Mr. Ballantyne is Senior Consultant to Centerre Healthcare Corporation and also to Symbion, Inc.

Reg also serves as a chairman-officer of numerous regional and national professional, community and civic organizations and is a well-known and highly sought-after keynote presenter. He holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of the Holy Cross.