Julie practices in the areas of transportation, commercial litigation and tort defense. She has extensive experience in bench and jury trials as well as public and private-operated arbitrations. She was named to the Southwest Super Lawyers list in the areas of Civil Litigation Defense and Employment Litigation Defense, and is listed in Arizona's Finest Lawyers.

TRANSPORTATION:
Julie's transportation expertise extends to all areas of carriage, including representing shippers, motor, rail, air and ocean carriers, brokers and intermediaries. She handles freight loss and damage claims, and litigates issues related to the collection of tariff and transportation charges. Julie also negotiates and advises clients on transportation contracts and insurance issues. She counsels food truck operators on licensure and regulatory issues.

BUSINESS RELATED MATTERS:
Julie represents clients in a wide-variety of business disputes, including breach of contract, non-competition, real estate, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation matters. She also represents clients in the defense of toxic tort and wrongful death matters. She was a trial attorney of a toxic tort case named as one of 2007's most significant defense verdicts in Arizona.

Julie serves as Judge Pro Tempore for the Arizona Superior Court of Maricopa County, and regularly conducts settlement conferences and mediations for commercial litigation and family court matters. She also assists clients in adoption petitions and hearings in Arizona Superior Court.

Associations

Conference of Freight Counsel

Transportation Lawyers Association

Defense Research Institute

Arizona Association of Defense Counsel

Awards & Honors

Award of Professional Distinction, Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla)

Arizona's Finest Lawyers

40 Under 40, Phoenix Business Journal

 Rising Star, Southwest Super Lawyer, Civil Litigation

Defense and Employment Litigation Defense

 International Association of Defense Counsel, Trial Academy, Stanford Law School

 Ladder Down, Arizona Association of Defense Counsel

Published Opinions

Pinnacle Pines Cmty Ass'n v. Everest Nat'l Ins. Co., Chartis Specialty Co., et al., No. CV-12-08202-PCT-DGC, 2014 WL 1875166 (D. Ariz. May 9, 2014).

Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc. 642 F. 3d 702 (9th Cir. 2011).

Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Pickens Kane Moving & Storage Co., et al., 655 F. Supp. 2d 1023 (D. Ariz. 2009).

In re Accuride Erie, 125 LA 1061 (Franckiewicz 2008).

Publications

"Implied Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Arizona Bad Faith Cases: Is it a 'Magical Admission' Standard?," Law Blog (2015).

"Post-ICCTA Federal Jurisdiction Over Recovery of Freight Charges," Transportation Law Institute (2007).

"Collection of Freight Charges: A Case for Federal Jurisdiction," The Transportation Lawyer (2006).

Appointments

Judge Pro Tempore for the Arizona Superior Court of Maricopa County.

Mountain States Legal Foundation, Board of Litigation, Arizona Delegate. 

Community Activities

Arizona Women's Education and Employment, Board of Directors.

Phoenix ToolBank, Vice-President, Board of Directors.

Suns Charities 88.

Big Brother Big Sisters of Central Arizona.

Education

Juris Doctor, 2004

Solicitation Editor and Symposium Chair for the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy

Master of Public Administration, Summa Cum Laude, 1998

Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 1996

2010 Athletic Hall of Fame - 1995 -1996 Women's Basketball Team