Mayor of Scottsdale Jim Lane stops by the studio to talk about new development in Scottsdale and how just saying "no" to subsidies has helped his city.
5-30-12 Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane
5-23-12 Andrei Cherny
Dennis and Jack talk to Andrei Cherny, who is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in CD 9. Immigration, education, energy and the economy are all up at bat.
5-16-12 Andy Biggs and the New Domestic Violence Law
State Senator Andy Biggs talks about SB1213, which the Governor just signed into law. The law prohibits an inmate convicted of domestic violence from getting early release. Also on the show: Leah Pettyjohn, the domestic abuse victim who advocated for the law; Connie Phillips, executive director of the Sojourner Center in Phoenix, an abused women’s shelter; and Linda Scott,Vice President of Child & Family Solutions at Jewish Family and Children’s Services, which runs the "Shelter without Walls" program to help women leave abusive homes.
Dennis Wilenchik Certified as Pre-trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
Dennis Wilenchik was certified this week as a Pre-trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Wilenchik has been a certified Trial Specialist for the NBTA for many years, as well as the chairman of the Civil Trial Practice Committee, a member of the Superior Court Civil Study Committee of the State Bar, and a member of the County Bar Judicial Evaluation Poll Committee. Mr. Wilenchik has been a member of both the Trial Practice and Evidence Committees of the American Bar Association. He has spoken at numerous seminars on trial practice and evidence for various professional organizations and groups, and he has contributed to a national publications on trial evidence. He is a diplomate of the Hasting's College of Law Trial Advocacy Program and the National College of Advocacy Trial Advocacy Program.
Firm Handles High-Tech IP Issues, Theft of Trade Secrets; Firm Sues for Lawyer for Malpractice and Settles Week before Trial
This month, Wilenchik & Bartness settled a legal malpractice suit that it filed against a local attorney. The case settled in mediation the week before trial. The Firm also started handling several intellectual property and trade secret theft issues for high-tech firms.
5-9-12 The Mortgage Fraud Settlement - Where Does the Money Go
Arizona is set to get $1.6 billion dollars from the mortgage fraud settlement, which is one of the biggest settlements by State Attorneys General in history - but where does the money go? Rep. Jack Kavanaugh(R) and Rep. Debbie McCune Davis(D) debate. Also on the show: Valerie Iverson, who is executive director of the Arizona Housing Alliance, and David Adame, CFO for Chicanos Por La Causa.
5-2-12 Joe Sciarrotta and SB1070
Joe Sciarrotta, who was second chair at the oral arguments for SB1070 last week, stops by the studio to talk about the case.
