STATE BAR OF ARIZONA BOARD OF GOVERNORS ELECTS SNELL & WILMER PARTNER JEFFREY WILLIS AS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TUCSON (June 29, 2016) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Tucson partner Jeffrey Willis has been elected as First Vice President to the State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors. The State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors is the group of people that oversees the policy making and operation of the organization. The Board comprises 30 people, four of whom are non-attorney, public members. Attorney members of the Board are elected to three-year terms by peers in their district. The Board is led by five officers who are selected by the Board members. Those officers are president, president-elect, first vice president, second vice president and secretary-treasurer. The executive director oversees the State Bar staff. Willis has a regional commercial litigation practice at Snell & Wilmer. Over Jeffrey Willis the last 30 years, he has assisted clients in federal and state litigation in Arizona, Nevada and California involving lender liability, construction disputes, patent infringement, shareholders’ rights, toxic and environmental torts, corporate governance, referenda and initiative challenges, trade secrets, antitrust and commercial fraud. Included in that experience are several bench and jury trials defending claims for lender liability arising from foreclosures, origination practices and loan administration. About Snell & Wilmer Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico, including Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; Los Angeles and Orange County, California; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com. ###