Michael E. Benchoff
Principal
Email: mbenchoff@aol.com

Practice Areas: Criminal Law; White Collar Law; Major Felonies.

Admitted: 1961, Iowa; 1963, Arizona

Law School: Columbia University, LL.B., 1961

College: University of Notre Dame, A.B., cum laude, 1958

Biography: Phi Delta Phi, Kent Moot Court, Moot Court Honors. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1984-). Listed in all editions (1983-current) of "Best Lawyers in America", "Arizona's Finest Lawyers", "Southwest Super Lawyers". Assistant Maricopa County Attorney, 1963-1965. Chief, Criminal Division, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, 1965-1967. Judge Pro Tem, Maricopa County Superior Courts, 1979-1985, 1992-1994. Judge Pro Tem, Arizona Court of Appeals, 1986. Founding Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1986. Member: State Criminal Jury Instruction Revision Committee, 1975-1978; Board of Directors-Criminal Law Representative, State Legal Specialization Committee, 1976-1981; State Bar Criminal Justice Committee, 1978-1979; State Bar Peer Review Committee, 1992-2002; State Bar Professionalism Committee, 1992-1993; Federal Peer Review Committee, 1993-1995.

Born: Overton, Texas, November 24, 1936

ISLN: 909122070