Marlene Appel
Member
Email: marlene.appel@azbar.org

Practice Areas: Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Probate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Expert Witness Consultation.

Admitted: 1977, Arizona

Law School: Arizona State University, J.D., 1977

College: Northwestern University and Arizona State University, B.A., cum laude, 1974

Member: Maricopa County Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Estate Planning Section, 1996-1998); State Bar of Arizona (Member, Executive Council, Probate and Trust Section 1988-1992; Co-Chairman, 1990-1991); Member, Advisory Commission on Estate & Trust Specialization, 1991-1999; Member, Sole Practitioners Litigation Committee, 1995-; Member, Arizona Supreme Court, Probate Rules Committee, 2006-; Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1991-1995; Arizona Association of Women Lawyers.

Biography: Certified Private Fiduciary. Court Commissioner Pro Tem, Probate Division, Maricopa County Superior Court, 1988-. Judge Pro Tem, Probate Division, Maricopa County Superior Court, 1990-. Recipient, Eleanor ter Horst Distinguished Service Award, Probate and Trust Section, State Bar of Arizona, 2007. Adjunct Professor, Phoenix College of Law, Wills and Estates Practice Skills Module, Fall 2007. (Certified Specialist, Estate and Trust Law, Arizona Board of Legal Specialization)

Reported Cases: Estate of P.K.L. v J.K.S. (Div. 1 App., 1997) 189 Ariz. 487, 943 P2d 847.

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 7, 1950

ISLN: 909404343