Francis Pendleton Gaines III

Background

III, Francis Pendleton Gaines was born on September 24, 1944 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of Francis Pendleton Junior and Dorothy Ruth (Bloomhardt) G.

Education

Bachelor in History, U. Arizona, 1967; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1969.

Career

Associate, Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, Phoenix, 1969-1975; partner, Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, Phoenix, 1975-1989; partner, Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, since 1989. Member panel arbitrators New York Stock Exch., since 1984, National Association of Securities Dealers, since 1984. Judge pro tem Arizona Court Appeals, 1994-1995, Maricopa County (Arizona) Superior Court, since 1994.

Member State Bar Disciplinary Hearing Committee, since 1991, chair, 1995-1997. Member of national litigation panel University of Virginia School Law. Lecturer and panelist various CLE programs.

Achievements

• Francis Pendleton Gaines III has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Senior warden All Saints' Episcopal Church, 1994-1997, parish chancellor, since 1997. Member standing committee Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, since 1997. Chairman of the Board Governors All Saints' Day School, Phoenix, 1990-1991.

Chairman Phoenix planned giving subcommittee U. Arizona, 1985. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Arizona Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Arizona, Maricopa County Bar Association, National Association Railroad Trial Council (executive com.Pacific region, vice president since 1997), Arizona Association Defense Council, Securities Industry Association (law and compliance division), University Club, International Wine & Food Society (Phoenix branch).

Connections

Married Mary Chilton, December 19, 1967 (divorced August 1992). Children: Elizabeth Chilton, Edmund Pendleton, Andrew Cavett.

Father:

Francis Pendleton G. Junior

Mother:

Dorothy Ruth (Bloomhardt) G.

Spouse:

Mary Chilton

child:

Edmund Pendleton III

child:

Elizabeth Chilton III

child:

Andrew Cavett III