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Mr. Hensley has been with the firm since 1985 and a partner since 1992. He concentrates his practice on general civil litigation and insurance defense, including business and commercial litigation and life, health, disability and ERISA claims litigation. Mr. Hensley received his law degree from Arizona State University College of Law in 1986. He is admitted to practice in Arizona, the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Hensley is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Life, Health, Disability and ERISA law sub-committee of the DRI, and the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Automobile Liability Defense
Commercial and Business Litigation
Education and School Law
General Civil Litigation
Insurance Coverage and Fraud
Life, Health, Disability and ERISA
Product Liability Defense
Trucking and Transportation Industry Defense
Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Defense
EDUCATION
Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, 1990
Arizona State University College of Law
J.D., with Distinction, 1986
Best Oral Advocate, Constitutional Law, 1985
Philip C. Jessup, International Law Moot Court Team - 1985
Regional Competition - Best Oral Advocate First Runner-Up
Arizona State University
B.S., Business Administration, 1980
University of Alaska, Anchorage
University of Hawaii, Manoa
BAR ADMISSIONS
Arizona, 1986
U.S. District Court District of Arizona
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Alaska Public Employees Association,
Field Representative and Contract Negotiator,
1981 to 1983
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute (ERISA, Life, Health & Disability Insurance Subsection)
Horace Rumple Inn of Court, Barrister (2001 to present)
Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Court
CIVIC/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
A Stepping Stone Foundation
Board of Directors and President (1999 to present)
HONORS & AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Rating
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Presenter, "How to Defend a Life, Health and Disability Claim Under ERISA," USLAW Network's ERISA Task Force Boot Camp, September 2007
Presented, "Claims Appeals, A Trustee's Primer," to the Arizona Local Government Employee Benefit Trust, Cochise Combined Trust, Lake Havasu City Employee Benefit Trust and Rural Arizona Governmental Health Trust, February 2007
Author, "Formal Service of Summons is Required to Start the 30-Day Period Under 28 U.S.C. Section 1446(b)," ABA TIPS Health and Disability Insurance Law Newsletter, Fall 1999
Author, "The Winning Numbers Are: 8-10-15-2-8/70," JS&H Reporter, Winter 2002. | 