Mr. Broberg currently is a shareholder at the firm Tiffany & Bosco where he focuses intra-corporate disputes, contract disputes, real estate disputes, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, and trade misappropriation. Mr. Broberg devotes much of his time to the Arizona High School Mock Trial program, where he drafts the case problems, coaches, and coordinates and judges the tournaments, Lance has been involved in the Arizona Mock Trial program for over 20 years. Before joining Tiffany & Bosco, Lance served as a judicial clerk in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the District of Arizona. He received his bachelor’s in political science from ASU and his law degree from the U of A.

Susan Brichler Trujillo
Board Member

Susan Brichler Trujillo, partner and the Phoenix chair of the Health Law
Practice Group, practices in the areas of Health Law and Litigation &
Dispute Resolution at Quarles & Brady. She works with clients across the pharmaceutical drug
and device distribution chain, helping manufacturers, wholesalers,
pharmacies and durable medical equipment providers operate successfully
within their highly regulated industry. She also represents health care
clients including retail pharmacies, pharmaceutical distributors, pharmacy
benefit managers, hospitals, behavioral health providers, residential care
providers and licensed professionals.

Joseph G. Adams 
Board Member

Joe Adams, a partner at Snell & Wilmer, represents clients in commercial litigation with a focus on shareholder disputes and intellectual property matters.

He has broad experience in securities and shareholder litigation, corporate governance matters, partnership and LLC disputes, employee benefits litigation, and class actions.  His clients include public companies, start-ups and emerging companies, officers and directors, shareholders and owners of companies, and individuals.  Joe serves as Chair of the firm’s Securities and Shareholder Litigation Group.

He frequently represents clients before regulatory agencies such as the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and state regulatory agencies.  He also advises clients on compliance issues and oversees internal investigations regarding financial restatements, accounting issues, and instances of alleged wrongdoing raised by whistleblowers.

In the intellectual property area, Joe represents clients in cases involving trademark and copyright infringement, false advertising and unfair competition disputes, and the liability of web site operators.  Earlier in his career, he practiced in the Trademark and Advertising Practices Group in a large Silicon Valley law firm.  

Hon. Kreamer is judge at the Superior Court. He was previously a trial attorney at the law firm of Hopkins & Kreamer in Phoenix, where he practiced mainly in the areas of personal injury and commercial litigation. Joe also worked with the firm of Snell & Wilmer. Joe has been involved in access to justice issues in Arizona for many years, having chaired the State Bar Legal Services Committee, the Maricopa County Bar Foundation Board of Directors, President of the Board for the Foundation, John P. Frank for Justice awardee, Top 50 Pro Bono Attorney and Volunteer of the Year.

Craig Lewandowski
Board Member

Craig is a Managing Director in KPMG’s Phoenix, Arizona Audit Practice with more than 27 years of experience primarily serving Securities and Exchange Commission registrant clients in the for-profit higher education, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, consumer, retail and financial services businesses.

Craig’s experience includes several years providing assistance to companies during the initial public offering process including audit and advisory services for accounting and financial reporting matters and internal control over financial reporting. Clients served include 20 of the Fortune 100.

David Bell
Board Member

David Bell is a partner at Hill, Hall & DeCiancio, PLLC.  He is a Certified Specialist in Injury & Wrongful Death Litigation and was a member of the State Bar of Arizona Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Advisory Commission, serving as its Chair from 2018 to 2021.

Since 2001, David has been a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC), an invitation-only organization of attorneys who focus their practice on the defense of civil claims and representation of insurers and corporations. He has chaired the FDCC’s Extra-Contractual Liability Section and served on the FDCC Admissions Committee.

David is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a national organization of trial attorneys, both plaintiff and defense, whose criteria for membership include extensive trial experience, excellence in the courtroom, and recognition of peers and judges. He served as President of ABOTA's Phoenix Chapter (2019).

David Bell’s trial and appellate experience and insurance work has earned him an AV-Preeminent® Peer Review Rating™ by Martindale-Hubbell® and recognition in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (annually since 1994). In addition, he is a Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers® honoree.

Mignonne Hollis
Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation

Currently the executive director of the Arizona Regional Economic Development Foundation, Mignonne graduated from Tombstone Union High School, attended the University of Arizona, and went on to earn her MBA from the University of Phoenix. In her effort to support economic development in Arizona, Mignonne co-writes a weekly newspaper advice column for business owners, serves on Canyon Vista Medical Center board of trustees, Chairs the public policy committee of the International Economic Development Council and serves as the President of the Arizona Association for Economic Development. She has served on the Arizona Commerce Authority Board. In 2014 She was named economic developer of the year and in 2017 her organization was named small organization of the year. Most recently appointed the to National Small Business Association Advisory Board as well as the International Boundary and Water Commission. Mignonne is the founder of Aerospace Arizona Association and through this association has formed the UAS Center For Innovation at the Benson Airport. Mignonne is dedicated to making an economic impact not only in rural Arizona, but throughout the entire state.

Will Knight
National Homelessness Law Center

Will Knight is a directly impacted Colombian-American immigrant, movement organizer, and litigator who has dedicated his career to advocating for the most vulnerable in our society.  Will joined the Law Center in March 2023 as its new Decriminalization Director, where he wields deep personal and professional experience combating systems of oppression to help end our governments’ inhumane treatment of the unsheltered and precariously housed in a growing national housing crisis.   

Will received his B.S. cum laude from Georgia State University and his J.D. from Arizona State University, where he graduated second overall in his law school class. He also sits on the Commissions on Access to Justice and Diversity, Equality, and Justice in Arizona’s Administrative Office of the Courts, teaches evidence as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, and chairs the Attorney Mentor Program Committee at the State Bar of Arizona.  

In 2024, Will coordinated the nationwide amici curiae campaign in support of the unhoused plaintiff-respondents in Grants Pass, culminating in forty-three merits briefs undersigned by 1,169 different individual and institutional amici, including service providers, legal service organizations, academic experts, elected leaders, governments, and faith-based institutions, to name only a few.

Kelsi Lane
Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold, LLP

Kelsi works for Frazer Ryan Goldberg & Arnold, LLP where she crafts personalized estate plans to safeguard assets, minimize tax liabilities, and ensure smooth wealth transfer. Prior to being at Frazer, Ryan Goldberg and Arnold, Ms. Lane worked for Davis Miles gardern in the LegalShield Department that provides affordable legal services to ensure equal access to legal advice for all people. She specializes in landlord tenant matters, estate planning, business, and Veteran’s law. She previously worked for the Board of Veterans Appeals in Washington, D.C. and Commercial Real Estate boutique law firm Herbert Law Offices, PLC in Phoenix. She attended Arizona State University for her undergraduate, Grand Canyon University for her MBA and Regent University for her law degree. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, their son, and two dogs. 

Kelsi also serves on the Board of Governors for the State Bar of Arizona and participates in the Junior League of Phoenix. 

Mark McCall
Board Member

Mark McCall is the Legal Service Innovations Manager for the Arizona Supreme Court.  Mark has more than twenty-five years in public service as teacher, HR administrator, and government professional with all three branches! His middle school students excelled in Project Citizen at both the regional and state levels. Mark worked part-time for Kids Voting Arizona in 2002 and joined the Foundation in 2007 as faculty and showcase judge for Project Citizen and later We the People, iCivics, and Representative Democracy in America. Mark was awarded the Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award in 2023 from the Center for the Future of Arizona. In addition to the Foundation, his volunteer service includes work with Arizona Odyssey of the Mind, American Legion Boys State, the Marley Park Community Association, Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, and Disney VoluntEARS.

Kerry Melcher

Richard Parks
Yuma County Public Defender 

Mr. Parks is currently the Deputy Chief Public Defender for Yuma County.  He was a attorney advisor for the Foundation's Mock Trial program and became the district coordinator in 2022. Mr. Parks also serves as member of State Bar Criminal Rules and Procedure Committee and the APDA Leadership Council, APDA Faculty since 2019.

Mr. Parks graduated from Capital University College of Law in 1985. He served on Law Review and was Law Review Symposium Editor. He is a member of the Order of the Curia.

Following graduation, Parks began as a trial Deputy Public Defender in Maricopa County. He has represented those accused of serious felony offenses in both public and private practice. He joined the Yuma County Public Defenders Office in 2018.

David's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in the state and federal courts. David has represented public companies and their officers and directors in numerous securities fraud class actions, represented Fortune 50 companies in a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters, including matters involving intellectual property disputes, represented a major telecommunications company in an array of commercial litigation matters, represented companies in sales and use tax disputes, and represented national and local companies in employment controversies, including class-action discrimination lawsuits. As past President of the Federal Bar Association and Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, David has developed knowledge and experience in the finer points of prosecuting complex litigation in the federal courts.

Ms. Varela currently serves as the Executive Assistant United States Attorney for U.S. Attorney Gary Restaino.  Prior to that, she served as both a line AUSA and the Phoenix Civil Chief in the U.S. Attorney’s Office.  Before working at the U. S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Varela worked on civil rights and election law cases at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.  She started her legal career in Arizona at Community Legal Services in the housing unit.  Ms. Varela received her B.A. in Religious Studies from Stanford University, and her J.D. and Masters in Religious Studies from Yale Law School and Yale Divinity School, respectively.  She is a native of Arizona and grew up in Tempe and attended Tempe High School.

Joel England
Ex-Officio/State Bar's CEO

Joel F. England currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the State Bar of Arizona.

Before coming to the Bar, Joel was the Chief Judge of the Yavapai-Apache Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Camp Verde, Arizona. He was responsible for the overall administration of the Court and presides over criminal and civil cases as well as an alternative disposition Wellness Court.

Prior to his current position, he served for over 21 years in the United States Air Force. He held a variety of positions, including service as a prosecutor, defense counsel and as a deployed combat operations attorney advising on the law of armed conflict. His final assignments included serving as the Chief of Professional Responsibility for the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps and as the General Counsel for the 56^th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base. During his tenure at Luke Air Force Base, his team was recognized as the Arizona Corporate Counsel In-House Legal Department of the Year in 2016.

Joel graduated with academic distinction from the United States Air Force Academy with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. Joel is a member of the Arizona, California, and District of Columbia bars.