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Michael W. Patten

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Location:

Phoenix, Arizona

Phone:

602-256-6100

Fax:

602-256-6800

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Michael W. Patten practices in the areas of public utilities, energy and telecommunications and has extensive litigation experience. Mr. Patten appears regularly before the Arizona Corporation Commission on numerous public utilities, energy and telecommunications matters, including rate cases, rulemakings, financings, line sitings, service area extensions, formal complaints and various Commission proceedings addressing policy issues.

Areas of Practice

Public Utilities Law
Energy Law
Telecommunications Law

Bar Admissions

Arizona, 1984
U.S. District Court District of Arizona, 1986
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1987

Education

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- J.D. - 1984
- Law Review: Harvard Environmental Law Review, Executive Editor
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California
- B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) - 1981
- Major: Biology

Published Works

"Rulemaking and Regulatory Agencies in Arizona", Arizona Environmental Law Manual, State Bar of Arizona, 1995
Co-author and Co-Editor, Arizona Environmental Law Handbook, Government Institutes, Inc., 1993
"Tapping Officials' Secrets: The Door to Open Government in Arizona",Tapping Officials' Secrets, (Co-Author), A State Government Compendium, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1997
"Liabilities of Underground Storage Tank Ownership or Operation", Environmental Management Review, Government Institutes, Inc., 4th Qtr., 1991
Co-author and Co-Editor, Arizona Environmental Law Update, M. Lee Smith Publishers (Monthly), 1990-95

Honors and Awards

Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
The Best Lawyers in America, Communications Law and Energy Law, 2007 - 2012
Super Lawyers, Utilities, Energy & Natural Resources, Communications, 2011
Super Lawyers, Utilities, 2007
The Best Lawyers in America, 2012 Phoenix Best Lawyers Energy Law Lawyer of the Year

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Arizona
Maricopa County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

Hon. Charles L. Hardy, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, Law Clerk, 1984 - 1986

Pro Bono Activities

Immediate Past President and Board Member, Newtown Community Development Corporation
President, Tempe Community Council
Former Chairman, City of Tempe Transportation Commission
Former Chairman, City of Tempe Planning and Zoning Commission
Member, Tempe Leadership Class IX