Judge Mo, as many know him, retired from the Court of Appeals in 2016. Early in his career he worked for the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corp. Judge Portley spent many years on the Juvenile Court Bench and was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2003. Since retiring from the Court, Judge Portley has consulted with organizations like Casey Family Programs and continues to support a variety of agencies with his expertise.

Larry Hammond was one of the founding members of Osborn Maledon. A nationally renowned criminal defense attorney who was committed to assuring equal access to justice for all, he had a reputation for taking on tough, high-profile criminal cases and winning. Mr. Hammond founded the Arizona Justice Project, the fifth Innocence Project in the nation, for which he served as president for 22 years. Mr. Hammond passed away in 2020, but his legacy will live on in the many projects he has founded and people he has saved.

Mr. Bagatell is not only a Next Generation Founding Fellow but also Foundation Lifetime Fellow.

Dan works at Perkins Coie's Washington D.C. office where he focuses on appeals in patent cases and other disputes involving complex technology. Dan was elected to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers in 2019.  He is also former board member of the Foundation, a long standing member of the Foundation’s finance committee and a strong supporter of our featured grantee, the Florence Project. 

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Ms. Cramer was one of the Foundation's first Next Generation Fellows!

She currently serves as the Chief Deputy Pima County Attorney in Tucson, Arizona, an appointed position she has held since 2006. There she supervises more than 100 attorneys who prosecute criminal cases on behalf of the state and handle civil legal matters, including litigation, on behalf of the county government.