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.

Damon Ashcraft 
Snell & Wilmer LLP

Mr. Ashcraft is a partner at Snell & Wilmer law Firm. He assists clients in identifying, protecting, and maximizing the value of their intellectual property.  As a registered patent attorney, Damon prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the biotechnology, medical device, electronics, software and business method areas, and manages numerous global patent portfolios. His technical experience includes medical devices, software,microbiology, optics, pumps, heaters, ultrasound, semiconductors, wireless devices, software and circuitry.

Damon is a frequent speaker on various intellectual property topics and has authored and co-authored various articles. He is also an active member of the International Trademark Association("INTA") and currently is serving on the Internet Committee as Chair of the Internet Governance and Contracts Subcommittee.

His community involvement include Epiphany Lutheran Church, Habitat for Humanity and Snell & Wilmer Community Committee.

Tom Giallanza   Treasurer  
Arizona Department of Financial Institutions

Mr. Giallanza previously served on the Arizona Bar Foundation Board from 2009-2015. He had been an Assistant Superintendent for the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions. Prior to moving to Arizona, he served as general counsel for a national real estate developer and later as manager of a national business unit for a major title insurance company. Tom earned his B.S. and J.D. from Loyola University of Chicago and is admitted to the Illinois bar. He is a member of the St. Thomas More Society of Phoenix.

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.  

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.

Robert Brooks
Maricopa Superior Court

Judge Brooks was appointed to the Juvenile bench in February of 2020.  Prior to the court he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office.  He also was an Assistant Attorney General and and Associate at Osborn Maledon. 

Susan Conrad
Arizona Bank & Trust

Ms.  Conrad has served in senior roles in Special Assets with financial institutions managing complex workout and turnaround situations, including restructuring, bankruptcy and commercial litigation claims. Her current venture is with Arizona Bank & Trust as their Portfolio Manager Team Lead. Ms. Conrad creates collaborative environments, leveraging the strengths and ideas of many to get things done. Provides expert financial analysis and consults with stakeholders, empowering them to make sound, evidence-based decisions. Intrinsically motivated to add value to teams, stakeholders, and business partners. Effortlessly identifies cost savings and profitable answers to complex financial situations, as demonstrated by multi-million dollar portfolio management experience.

Ms. Conrad received her MBA from Arizona State University and a Masters of Science in Accounting from Grand Canyon University.

Gina Godbehere
Maricopa County Attorney's Office

Gina Godbehere is a Homicide Attorney in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. She has more than two decades of experience as a Bureau Chief and trial attorney in assignments with a wide variety of bureaus, including Pretrial, Juvenile, Gang, Homicide, and the Repeat Offender Unit, during which she has tried every type of felony case, including first degree premeditated murder.

Throughout her twenty- three years of service with MCAO, Gina has played an integral role in developing the first Juvenile Drug Court, implementing the Juvenile Transfer Offender Program, and is the co-author and creator of the Ultimate Trial Research Notebook used by prosecution agencies throughout Arizona. For over two decades, Gina has trained prosecutors in the art of persuasion and led by example as a fair minded advocate for justice. She is Maricopa County’s designated Bias Crimes Prosecutor. Gina is also the CEO and Co-founder of “Speak Up Stand Up Save a Life,” an organization dedicated to identifying and solving complex societal issues such as substance abuse, bullying and the rising teen suicide rate in Arizona. The vision for this novel collaboration was born from a tragic yet preventable murder-suicide at a local high school. In only 4 years, Speak Up Stand Up Save a Life has enjoyed exponential growth.

In 2020, 5,000 students, school employees, parents, law enforcement officers and community leaders attended our annual conference designed to empower youth, enhance school safety and help prevent the tragedies that too often stem from self-compensation, such as suicide and overdose. Speak Up Stand Up Save a Life is endorsed by the Governor and every Maricopa County municipality. It has impacted over 400,000 people throughout Arizona. Gina is active in many community organizations, and has received numerous awards, including: 2019 Westmarc’s Best of the West Quality of Life Winner, 2019 Capital Times Women Achievers of Arizona Recipient, 2019 Center for the Future of Arizona Gabe Zimmerman in Public Service Award Winner and the 2019 Leadership West Alumnus of the Year Recipient. Gina was born, raised, and currently resides in the west valley.

Kelsi Lane
Davis Miles

Kelsi works for Davis Miles McGuire Gardner PLLC 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. 

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 severed include 20 of the Fortune 100.

Bradley Pack
Engleman Berger

Mr. Pack is currently a Shareholder at Engelman Berger, P.C. where he has worked since 2006.  At the firm, Brad Pack represents both creditors and debtors in different bankruptcy proceedings, negotiates and drafts complex loan and forbearance agreements, and practices in commercial litigation. Prior to Engelman Berger, Mr. Pack clerked for the Honorable Susan Ehrlich at the Court of Appeals Division One where he reviewed and analyzed appellate briefs, prepared draft opinions and participated in panel conferences.

Mr. Pack has previously served as a board member of the Anti-Defamation League Arizona Region and served as the chair of its Government Relations, Advocacy, and Community Engagement committee. He currently co-chairs the ABA’s Business Bankruptcy Committee’s Individual Chapter 11 sub-committee.  He is an Arizona State Bar certified bankruptcy specialist and a SuperLawyers Rising Star since 2012.

He graduated from the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law and Penn State with a B.A. in Labor and Industrial Relations.

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.

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.