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  • 01.26.2016
    Arizona Supreme Court Affirms ADWR’s Approval of Mining Company’s Request to Sever and Transfer Its Surface Water Rights
    Updates
    The Arizona Supreme Court, in Arizona Department of Water Resources v. Hon Crane McClennen in and for the county of Maricopa, No. CV-15-0223-SA, reversed a ruling from Judge McClennen of the Superior Court of Maricopa County on November 12, 2015, vacating the Arizona Department of Water Recourses’ (ADWR) approval of Freeport Minerals Corporation’s (Freeport) application to sever water rights it owned which were appurtenant to Planet Ranch in Mohave County and to transfer such rights to other areas.
  • Spring 2013
    The Tornado: A Tribute to Maria Salapska
    Articles

    6 Phoenix Law Review 427

  • Summer 2012
    What Didn't Make It Into the Arizona Constitution
    Articles

    44 Arizona State Law Journal 513

    Co-authored by Paul Eckstein, D. Andrew Gaona and Jerica Peters.
  • 02.2012
    The Debate Over Direct Democracy at the Arizona Constitutional Convention
    Articles

    48 Arizona Attorney Number 6, Page 32

  • 05.01.2023
    Cornerstone of Democracy: Civics, Civility and Collaboration
    Speaking Engagements

    Panelist
    Law Day 2023
    Arizona Supreme Court / Phoenix, AZ

  • 09.29.2022
    Selected Topics in Arizona Election Law
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    State Bar of Arizona / Phoenix, AZ
  • 03.20.2022
    Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech:  A Symposium
    Speaking Engagements
    Panel Moderator
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, ASU / Tempe, AZ
  • 02.2022
    American Constitutional Society Program on Statehood for the District of Columbia
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ
  • 02.2020
    Sandra Day O’Connor Inn of Court Comparison of Mecham and Trump Impeachments
    Speaking Engagements
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Phoenix, AZ
  • 02.2020
    Federalist Society: The Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump
    Speaking Engagements
    Debate
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Phoenix, AZ
  • 01.2020
    American Constitutional Society: The Historical, Philosophical and Constitutional Background of Impeachment in the United States and Arizona
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Phoenix, AZ
  • 05.2019
    The Jewish Contribution to Modern Arizona Politics
    Speaking Engagements
    Arizona Jewish Historical Society / Phoenix, AZ
  • 11.2018
    ASU Federalist Society: Voter Protection Act

    Art. IV, Part 1, § 1, Clauses 6(a)-6(d) of the Arizona Constitution
    Speaking Engagement
    Panelist
    Beus Center for Law & Society: Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Phoenix, AZ

  • 05.2018
    Constitutional and Other Constraints On Presidential Power
    Speaking Engagements
    The Terraces of Phoenix: Lifelong Learning Program / Phoenix, AZ
  • 04.2018
    2018 Arizona Election Law. The Media And Elections: Are There Limits?
    Speaking Engagements

    Panelist
    State Bar of Arizona / Phoenix, AZ

  • 04.2018
    Remarks of Paul F. Eckstein at The Investiture of Suzanne Marwil as Judge of The Arizona Superior Court
    Speaking Engagements
    Board of Supervisors Auditorium / Phoenix, AZ
  • 01.2018
    Appellate Standards of Review
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    State Bar of Arizona - Appellate Practice Section / Phoenix, AZ
  • 12.2017
    Presidential Power Under the United States Constitution
    Speaking Engagements
    Terraces of Phoenix: Lifelong Learning Program / Phoenix, AZ
  • 11.2017
    Remarks of Paul F. Eckstein to Introduce Brian Stonehill Memorial Lecture (Media Studies)
    Speaking Engagements
    Pomona College / Claremont, CA
  • 09.2017
    President Trump’s Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio: Is it Valid?
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ
  • 08.2017
    The Globe Equity Decree of 1935: The Continuing Fight for Waters of the Gila River
    Speaking Engagements

    Arizona Water Law Conference / Scottsdale, AZ

  • 05.2017
    The Supreme Court Of The United States: A Little History And A Lot of Politics
    Speaking Engagements

    American Association of University Women / Prescott, AZ

  • 09.2016
    How to Make A Career Trying Federal and State Cases Raising Constitutional Law Issues
    Speaking Engagements
    Leaders in the Law 2016 Series
    University of Arizona College of Law / Tucson, AZ
  • 04.2016
    Rights of Reservation Indians to Vote and Hold Office in Arizona
    Speaking Engagements
    Co-Keynote Speaker
    University of Arizona Law Review Banquet / Tucson, AZ
  • 12.2015
    Negotiation Lessons From The Iran Nuclear Deal
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist

    National Webcast
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ

  • 06.2015
    Law and Literature Program: William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Arizona Judicial Conference / Phoenix, AZ
  • 12.2014
    Same-Sex Marriage: A Brief History, the Legal Issues, and its Status
    Speaking Engagements
    Arizona Country Club/ Phoenix, AZ
  • 11.2014
    The Art of Achieving Successful Settlements and Deals: Experts Tell All
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University/Tempe, AZ
  • 10.2014
    Tribe, Harvard's Professor Laurence Tribe on: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
    Speaking Engagements

    Panelist
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ

  • 06.2014
    Law and Literature Program: Gary Wills' Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
    Speaking Engagements
    Panelist
    Arizona Judicial Conference / Tucson, AZ
  • 02.2014
    Initiatives and Referenda in Arizona
    Speaking Engagements
    Arizona Capitol Building / Phoenix, AZ
  • 01.2014
    Statement Before the National Commission on Voting Rights Regarding Redistricting Issues
    Speaking Engagements
    Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University / Tempe, AZ

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • Arizona
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • Supreme Court of the United States

Education

  • Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1965
  • Pomona College, B.A., cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1962