Scott Bales

Justice

Arizona Supreme Court

2005 - Current

Adjunct Professor of Law

University of Arizona

2007 - 2013

Adjunct Professor of Law

Arizona State University

1988 - 2013

Separation of Powers, 2007-2013; Election Law, 2001; Origins of the Constitution, 1993; Presidential Powers, 1989-1991; Advanced Civil Procedure, 1988; The Supreme Court, 1988

Adjunct Professor of Law

University of Arizona

2003 - 2005

Lewis and Roca LLP

2001 - 2005

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 2003 Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, 2001

Solicitor General

Office of the Arizona Attorney General

1992 - 2001

Team AG Award, 2000

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Office of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Justice,

1998 - 1999

Assistant U.S. Attorney

District of Arizona

1995 - 1999

Special Investigative Counsel

Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice

1995 - 1997

Meyer

Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon

1985 - 1994

Law Clerk

U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

1984 - 1985

Law Clerk

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Joseph T. Sneed III

1983 - 1984

Law Clerk

Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice

1983 - 1983

Harvard University

1979 - 1983

Teaching Fellow, 1979-1983; Social Analysis 10 (introductory economics), 1979-1983; Allyn Young Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economics 1980,1981; Antitrust Law and Economics, 1982-1983; The Supreme Court and the Constitution, 1982

Harvard Law School

J.D.

Activities: Harvard Law Review, Board of Editors, 1981-1983

Harvard University

M.A. (1980) | Economics

Michigan State University

B.A. (1978)

Honors: summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, Phi; Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Epsilon

Adjunct Professor of the Year

University of Arizona

2009

Foundation for Justice Award

Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education

2005

Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys

2001

Team AG Award

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2000

U.S. Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award

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1998

Inspector General's Award of Merit

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1997

Allyn Young Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economics

Harvard University

1981

Allyn Young Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economics

Harvard University

1980

State Bar of Arizona

Current

Activities: Appellate Practice Section, Executive Council, 2003-2006; Chair 2004-2005; Task Force on Access to Justice, 2002-2004; Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, 1999-2005; Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, 1996-1998; Criminal Rules Committee, 1995

Accreditation Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education

2012 - Current

American Inns of Court Foundation, Leadership Council

2010 - Current

Executive Committee, Appellate Judicial Conference, ABA Judicial Division

Member

2008 - Current

Activities: Chair 2014-15

American Law Institute

2007 - Current

Accreditation Committee, ABA Section of Legal Education

Member

2001 - Current

Hall of Fame, Maricopa County Bar Association

2014 - 2014

American Inns of Court Foundation

Board of Trustees

2006 - 2010

Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education

Board of Directors

2004 - 2005

Arizona Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference

2002 - 2005

Activities: Chair 2004-2005

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Advisory Committee on Rules of Practice

2001 - 2005

District of Arizona, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Committee (Phoenix)

Chair

2003 - 2004

Maricopa County

Judge Pro Tempore

1995 - 2002

Arizona Court of Appeals

Judge Pro Tempore

1998 - 1999

Arizona Court of Appeals

Judge Pro Tempore

1993 - 1993

Arizona State Bar Disciplinary Proceedings

Volunteer Bar Counsel

1993 - 1993

Arizona State Senate Ethics Committee

Special Investigative Counsel

1991 - 1991