Edward F. Novak

Background

Novak, Edward F. was born on September 25, 1947 in Berwyn, Illinois, United States.

Education

Knox College (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1976).

Career

Worked at Lewis and Roca, LLP (Phoenix, Arizona) specializing in General Practice including Trial and Appellate Practice. Alternative Dispute Resolution, Banking and Commercial Finance, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Construction, Corporate and Securities, Criminal, Environmental, Estate Planning, Government Relations, Health Care, Immigration, Intellectual Property and Technology and The Internet, International, Labor and Employment, Land Use, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Sports and Entertainment, Taxation, Tort Litigation and Workers' Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Illinois.

1979, Arizona; 1985, District of Columbia. Note and Comment Editor, De Paul University Law Review, 1975-1976. Author: "Sentencing the Corporation," 21 Litigation, No.

4, Summer 1995; "Corporate Law—When Will Courts Hold Parent Corporations Liable for the Criminal Acts of Their Subsidiaries," 16, No. 27, National L.J., 1994. "Survey of Federal and State Environmental Crime Legislation," 34 Ariz.

L. Rev. 571, 1992; "Parallel Proceedings and Double Jeopardy Implications," 28 Arizona Attorney, 1991. Member, Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments, 1993—. Member, 1991-1992 and Chairman, 1993—, Criminal Rules Committee, State Bar of Arizona.

Judge Pro Tempore, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County. Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.

Lewis and Roca was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in 1950 by Orme Lewis and Paul Roca. The firm, now one of the Southwest's largest, maintains offices in Phoenix and Tucson and provides a wide range of legal services to a diverse business and financial client base with local, state, national and international interests. The firm also provides extensive legal services to tax-exempt organizations and to public sector entities.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Sentencing the Corporation," 21 Litigation, No. 4, Summer 1995

  • "Corporate Law?When Will Courts Hold Parent Corporations Liable for the Criminal Acts of Their Subsidiaries," 16, No. 27, National L.J., 1994.
    
    "Survey of Federal and State Environmental Crime Legislation," 34 Ariz. L. Rev. 571, 1992

  • "Parallel Proceedings and Double Jeopardy Implications," 28 Arizona Attorney, 1991.

Membership

Member, Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments, 1993—. Member, 1991-1992 and Chairman, 1993—, Criminal Rules Committee, State Bar of Arizona. Judge Pro Tempore, Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County.

Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice.