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Christopher
Hitchcock
About Chris:
He was
born in Fort Knox, Kentucky in December 1951. He obtained his Bachelor's
degree (Psychology/Sociology, music minor) from the University of Arizona in
1973 and went on to obtain his Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University
in 1976. In college, he was a member of Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Psi
Chi. He is married and has two children. Member,
State Bar of Arizona; Fellow, Arizona State Bar Foundation (1988-present);
also admitted to practice before United States District Court for the
District of Arizona and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Professional
experience includes: Private practice (1986 to present); Volunteer Juvenile
Hearing Officer for the Cochise County Superior Court (1990-1994); Deputy
Cochise County Attorney (1981-1986); Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc. (1977-1980).
Community
involvement: Bisbee Boys & Girls Club, Board member (2000- ); Catholic
Community Services Advisory Board (1994-1998); AYSO Bisbee Soccer Club (12
years) including Regional Commissioner and Head Referee; Bisbee Council on
the Arts & Humanities, President 1992; Member, Board of Trustees for the
Bisbee Hospital Association (1990-1996) and its President from 1993 to 1995.
Member, Health Systems Agency of Southeast Arizona (1977-1981) and its
President 1980-1981. Practice Areas:
Utility law;
regulatory law; probate law including ancillary probate; real property law
including tax lien foreclosure; business transactions; general litigation. Attorney
for: Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, Southwest Transmission
Cooperative, Inc., Humane Society of Tucson. Previously: City of Bisbee. Reported Court Cases:
Syndey
Brooks v. Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative, 951 F.2d 1050 (1991)
[involved federal court challenge to SSVEC's tariffs]; State Ex rel. Munoz
v. Bravo, 678 P.2d 1974 (1984) [established use of HLA blood tests for
paternity]; McMullen v. Hargis, 624 P.2d 339 (1980) [first established
the requirement that counties provide an indigent medical program]; Coffman
v. Coffman, 591 P.2d 1010 (1979) [eliminated "Lord Mansfield's
Rule" and allowed spouses to testify regarding actual paternity of
children]. Helpful/Useful Links:
Securities
& Exchange Commission: www.sec.gov National
Institute for Occupational Safety: www.cdc.gov/niosh Environmental
Protection Agency: www.epa.gov Arizona
State Legislature: www.azleg.state.az.us Arizona
Corporation Commission: www.cc.state.az.us Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission: www.ferc.fed.us Arizona
Electric Power Cooperative: www.aepnet.com Sulphur
Springs Valley Electric Cooperative: www.ssvec.org California
ISO: www.caiso.com |
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