Background
Cárdenas, José A. was born on December 17, 1952 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Cárdenas, José A. was born on December 17, 1952 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
University of Nevada at Las Vegas (Bachelor of Arts, 1974). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Spoken languages: Spanish.
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, 1977, California.
1978, Arizona.
Article Editor, Stanford Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Honorary Robert F. Peckham, Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Northern District of California, 1977-1978.
Member, NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes, 1995. Member: Arizona-Mexico Commission (President, 1997. Director, 1996); American Law Institute.
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.
Member, NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes, 1995. Member: Arizona-Mexico Commission (President, 1997. Director, 1996); American Law Institute.