Joe Kiefer's practice covers a wide range of matters and disciplines, including extensive trial, litigation, regulatory and third-party neutral experience. In litigation, he has represented large and small clients as a national and lead trial counsel in product liability, commercial, contract, tort and criminal matters. Joe has also lectured and instructed extensively at national conferences and trial advocacy programs and has authored several trial practice articles. Additionally, he has served as a third-party neutral in alternative dispute resolution proceedings and has attended over 100 hours of mediation, arbitration and facilitator training, including advanced and complex negotiation principles and techniques. Joe regularly puts these neutral skills to practice as a Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force Reserve where he serves as a trial judge in the Air Force Trial Judiciary.
Education
- College of William and Mary School of Law (J.D., 1998)
- National Moot Court Team and Order of the Barristers
- Gambrell Professionalism Award
- William Spong Award
- Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Award
- National Moot Court Team
- Chaminade University (M.B.A., Human Resources Management, 1994)
- United States Naval Academy (B.S., Political Science and Economics, 1990)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
- Supreme Court of Virginia
- United States District Court, District of Arizona
- United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- Court of Military Appeals for The Armed Forces
Professional Memberships & Activities
- State Bar of Arizona
- Trial Practice Section
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
- Virginia State Bar
- Maricopa County Bar Association
- Arizona Association of Defense Counsel
- American Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section
- Dispute Resolution Section
- Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice Section
Representative Presentations & Publications
- Taking Depositions, Presenter/Instructor, Snell & Wilmer Associate Orientation, Phoenix Arizona (September 2011)
- Simplifying Complex Issues at Trial, Presenter, ACI Product Liability Conference, Chicago, Illinois (September 2010)
- The Next Level of Voir Dire, Presentation to New Trial Advocates, Phoenix, Arizona (2009)
- From Opening to Argument, The Ties That Bind, Presentation to New Trial Advocates, Phoenix, Arizona (2008)
- Use of Technology in the Courtroom, Author, Air Force Reporter (2007)
- Basics of the New E-Discovery Rules, Snell & Wilmer CLE Presentation (2006)
Community Involvement
- Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Snell & Wilmer Veteran’s Court Committee
- Courthouse Experience Program, Volunteer Lawyer
- Augustus H. Shaw Elementary School Tutor
Military Service
- United States Air Force, Intelligence Officer and Law Student (1990-1998)
- United States Air Force, Judge Advocate General's Corps (1998-2004)
- Served as lead prosecutor or defense counsel in over 70 trials - over 30 jury cases
- Instructor/presenter at Trial Advocacy and Advanced Trial Advocacy Courses
- Trained in capital and complex litigation
- Squadron Officer's School
- Air Command and Staff College
- United States Air Force, Reserve Judge Advocate (2004-Present), Lieutenant Colonel
- Currently serving as a Military Trial Judge
- Joint Military Judges' Course and Annual Update Seminar
