George L. Paul has practiced law for 37 years since graduating from Yale Law School in 1982. He is recognized in Martindale-Hubbell as an "AV/Preeminent Attorney" (5.0 out of 5.0 Overall Peer Rating). He has been recognized in “Best Lawyers in America” in two categories and in “Southwest Super Lawyers” as a commercial litigator. His books and legal articles have been cited frequently in court decisions and others' articles both here in the United States and by the Supreme Courts of foreign nations (Singapore).
Mr. Paul attended Yale Law School and graduated in 1982. Before that he attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1979 (Summa cum laude). (Junior Phi Beta Kappa).
Mr. Paul handles business and other types of litigation, including intellectual property and cases both for and against fiduciaries. He has conducted numerous jury and bench trials. He has successfully prosecuted cases before the Arizona Supreme Court.
Mr. Paul is a recognized authority both on digital evidence and the issues presented by complex information systems. He is the author of the best-selling book Foundations of Digital Evidence (2008). He co-authored, with Bruce Nearon, The Discovery Revolution: E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2006). He has authored numerous articles including "Systems of Evidence in the Age of Complexity," "The Authenticity Crisis in Real Evidence," “Information Inflation: Can the Legal System Adapt?,” (with Jason Baron); “Transformation,” in Winter/Spring 2013 edition of The Sci-Tech Lawyer, and “Canvassing the Emerging Law of Digital Information: Stephen Mason’s Electronic Evidence,” appearing in the Summer 2013 edition of Jurimetrics.
Mr. Paul has been a frequent lecturer (Washington, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Salt Lake City, Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix). He has been a keynote Speaker at national conferences. He has been quoted in the ABA Journal about breaking topics. He has been interviewed by National Public Radio on legal policy.
Mr. Paul has also been involved in public international law matters. He was a citizen delegate to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. He helped shape the International Convention on Biological Diversity.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Successfully represented Planning Group of Scottsdale in persuading the Arizona Supreme Court (en benc) to establish a new rule for determining personal jurisdiction over out of state defendants. See Planning Grp. of Scottsdale, L.L.C. v. Lake Mathews Mineral Props., Ltd., 226 Ariz. 262 (2011).
Successfully represented plaintiffs in a $50,000,000 case against the Northern Trust Company, In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen Derges Foster, Shapiro, et al v. Kavanagh, et al, Maricopa County, Arizona. See CV-2007-006876.
Successfully defended Farmer’s Insurance Company in an attempt to enforce a $40,000,000 “Morris Agreement.”
Successfully represented CEO of a pharmaceutical company in dispute over control of corporation. Ratcliff v. Rowpar Pharmaceuticals, Inc, M CV-2007-011117.
Successfully represented Jigsaw Technologies, Inc. in a copyright/trade secrets case, Modular Mining Systems, Inc. v. Jigsaw, et al., involving computer software architecture and code that monitors and controls heavy machinery in open pit mines
Successfully handled dissolution of the largest dairy in the State of Arizona. Tappan v. Morrison involved partnership accounting, issues of valuation including cost of dismantling dairy operation, and environmental cleanup issues.
Successfully represented buyer of a $54,000,000 apartment complex in a case of fraud and misrepresentation of financial information. Nearon Corporation v. Torino.
Successfully represented Liquidating Trustee of William Herbert Hunt Trust, in a case involving fraudulent transfer and authenticity of ancient bronze, and illegal international trade in antiquities.
EDUCATION
J.D., Yale Law School, 1982
B.A., summa cum laude , Dartmouth College, 1979, Phi Beta Kappa
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Arizona (1982).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / RECOGNITION
"AV/Preeminent Attorney" rating (5.0 out of 5.0) with Martindale-Hubbell.
Southwest Super Lawyers (Commercial Litigation) 2008-2013
Best Lawyers in America (Information Technology and Technology Law) 2009-2014.
ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
Author, "Systems of Evidence in the Age of Complexity," Ave Maria Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 2 (2014). To read the article click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Author, “Canvassing the Emerging Law of Digital Information: Stephen Mason’s Electronic Evidence,” appearing in the Summer 2013 edition of Jurimetrics. To read this article click on button at the bottom of the page.
Author, "Transformation," The SciTech Lawyer, Volume 9, Number 3, Winter/Spring 2013. This was the lead article in a magazine edition Mr. Paul conceived and edited. To read his lead article, click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Co-Author, “Benchmarking: Metrics and Methodologies,” Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Chapter 30, Association of Corporate Counsel and West Group, April 2011 (with G. Sonny Cave, On Semiconductor Corporation, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, and with David D. Weinzweig, of Lewis and Roca)
Author, Foundations of Digital Evidence, ABA Publishing, 2008. To order a copy of Mr. Paul’s book contact the American Bar Association, or click on button at bottom of page. There is also a button for the Introduction to this book.
Co-Author, “Information Inflation: Can The Legal System Adapt?” Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, Volume XIII, Issue 3, 2007 (with Jason Baron). To read this article, click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Co-Author, "Seek and Ye Shall Find?" American Lawyer (E-Discovery Supplement), December 2008
“E-Discovery Podcast Audio Interview with the American Bar Association”
Co-Author, “‘Clawbacks,’ ‘Sneak-Peeks,’ and the ‘Retrieval Procedure’ under the New Federal Rules – The Risks of the New Inadvertent Disclosure Procedure," Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer, Special Supplement, December 2006
Co-Author, "The Discovery Revolution: E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," ABA Publishing, 2006 (with Bruce Nearon). To order a copy of Mr. Paul’s book contact the American Bar Association.
Author, “No: You Can’t Call Them Documents Anymore,” Business Law Today, Spring 2005
Author, “The “E-Discovery” Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” The American Lawyer, December 2005
Author, “The ‘Authenticity Crisis’ in Real Evidence,” reprinted in The Practical Litigator, November 2004. The read this article, click on the button at the bottom of this page.
Author, “The Authenticity Crisis,” appearing in both The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, October 2004, available online at Discovery Resources
Author, “The E-Business Legal Arsenal: Practitioner Agreements and Checklists,” Leadership Contributor, 2004, published by the American Bar Association
Author, “John Frank and the Law Professors’ Brief,” Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2003
Author, “The ‘Authenticity Crisis’ in Real Evidence,” Scientific Evidence Review Monograph No. 5, Fall 2001
Author, “What is Truth in the Digital Age?” The Canadian Lawyers’ Weekly, May 26, 2000
Author, “Fabrication of Evidence: A Click Away,” The National Law Journal, February 21, 2000
Mr. Paul attended Yale Law School and graduated in 1982. Before that he attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1979 (Summa cum laude). (Junior Phi Beta Kappa).
Mr. Paul handles business and other types of litigation, including intellectual property and cases both for and against fiduciaries. He has conducted numerous jury and bench trials. He has successfully prosecuted cases before the Arizona Supreme Court.
Mr. Paul is a recognized authority both on digital evidence and the issues presented by complex information systems. He is the author of the best-selling book Foundations of Digital Evidence (2008). He co-authored, with Bruce Nearon, The Discovery Revolution: E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2006). He has authored numerous articles including "Systems of Evidence in the Age of Complexity," "The Authenticity Crisis in Real Evidence," “Information Inflation: Can the Legal System Adapt?,” (with Jason Baron); “Transformation,” in Winter/Spring 2013 edition of The Sci-Tech Lawyer, and “Canvassing the Emerging Law of Digital Information: Stephen Mason’s Electronic Evidence,” appearing in the Summer 2013 edition of Jurimetrics.
Mr. Paul has been a frequent lecturer (Washington, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Salt Lake City, Houston, Philadelphia, and Phoenix). He has been a keynote Speaker at national conferences. He has been quoted in the ABA Journal about breaking topics. He has been interviewed by National Public Radio on legal policy.
Mr. Paul has also been involved in public international law matters. He was a citizen delegate to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. He helped shape the International Convention on Biological Diversity.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Successfully represented Planning Group of Scottsdale in persuading the Arizona Supreme Court (en benc) to establish a new rule for determining personal jurisdiction over out of state defendants. See Planning Grp. of Scottsdale, L.L.C. v. Lake Mathews Mineral Props., Ltd., 226 Ariz. 262 (2011).
Successfully represented plaintiffs in a $50,000,000 case against the Northern Trust Company, In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen Derges Foster, Shapiro, et al v. Kavanagh, et al, Maricopa County, Arizona. See CV-2007-006876.
Successfully defended Farmer’s Insurance Company in an attempt to enforce a $40,000,000 “Morris Agreement.”
Successfully represented CEO of a pharmaceutical company in dispute over control of corporation. Ratcliff v. Rowpar Pharmaceuticals, Inc, M CV-2007-011117.
Successfully represented Jigsaw Technologies, Inc. in a copyright/trade secrets case, Modular Mining Systems, Inc. v. Jigsaw, et al., involving computer software architecture and code that monitors and controls heavy machinery in open pit mines
Successfully handled dissolution of the largest dairy in the State of Arizona. Tappan v. Morrison involved partnership accounting, issues of valuation including cost of dismantling dairy operation, and environmental cleanup issues.
Successfully represented buyer of a $54,000,000 apartment complex in a case of fraud and misrepresentation of financial information. Nearon Corporation v. Torino.
Successfully represented Liquidating Trustee of William Herbert Hunt Trust, in a case involving fraudulent transfer and authenticity of ancient bronze, and illegal international trade in antiquities.
EDUCATION
J.D., Yale Law School, 1982
B.A., summa cum laude , Dartmouth College, 1979, Phi Beta Kappa
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Arizona (1982).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / RECOGNITION
"AV/Preeminent Attorney" rating (5.0 out of 5.0) with Martindale-Hubbell.
Southwest Super Lawyers (Commercial Litigation) 2008-2013
Best Lawyers in America (Information Technology and Technology Law) 2009-2014.
ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS
Author, "Systems of Evidence in the Age of Complexity," Ave Maria Law Review, Volume 12, Issue 2 (2014). To read the article click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Author, “Canvassing the Emerging Law of Digital Information: Stephen Mason’s Electronic Evidence,” appearing in the Summer 2013 edition of Jurimetrics. To read this article click on button at the bottom of the page.
Author, "Transformation," The SciTech Lawyer, Volume 9, Number 3, Winter/Spring 2013. This was the lead article in a magazine edition Mr. Paul conceived and edited. To read his lead article, click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Co-Author, “Benchmarking: Metrics and Methodologies,” Successful Partnering Between Inside and Outside Counsel, Chapter 30, Association of Corporate Counsel and West Group, April 2011 (with G. Sonny Cave, On Semiconductor Corporation, Senior Vice-President and General Counsel, and with David D. Weinzweig, of Lewis and Roca)
Author, Foundations of Digital Evidence, ABA Publishing, 2008. To order a copy of Mr. Paul’s book contact the American Bar Association, or click on button at bottom of page. There is also a button for the Introduction to this book.
Co-Author, “Information Inflation: Can The Legal System Adapt?” Richmond Journal of Law & Technology, Volume XIII, Issue 3, 2007 (with Jason Baron). To read this article, click on the button at the bottom of the page.
Co-Author, "Seek and Ye Shall Find?" American Lawyer (E-Discovery Supplement), December 2008
“E-Discovery Podcast Audio Interview with the American Bar Association”
Co-Author, “‘Clawbacks,’ ‘Sneak-Peeks,’ and the ‘Retrieval Procedure’ under the New Federal Rules – The Risks of the New Inadvertent Disclosure Procedure," Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer, Special Supplement, December 2006
Co-Author, "The Discovery Revolution: E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," ABA Publishing, 2006 (with Bruce Nearon). To order a copy of Mr. Paul’s book contact the American Bar Association.
Author, “No: You Can’t Call Them Documents Anymore,” Business Law Today, Spring 2005
Author, “The “E-Discovery” Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” The American Lawyer, December 2005
Author, “The ‘Authenticity Crisis’ in Real Evidence,” reprinted in The Practical Litigator, November 2004. The read this article, click on the button at the bottom of this page.
Author, “The Authenticity Crisis,” appearing in both The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, October 2004, available online at Discovery Resources
Author, “The E-Business Legal Arsenal: Practitioner Agreements and Checklists,” Leadership Contributor, 2004, published by the American Bar Association
Author, “John Frank and the Law Professors’ Brief,” Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2003
Author, “The ‘Authenticity Crisis’ in Real Evidence,” Scientific Evidence Review Monograph No. 5, Fall 2001
Author, “What is Truth in the Digital Age?” The Canadian Lawyers’ Weekly, May 26, 2000
Author, “Fabrication of Evidence: A Click Away,” The National Law Journal, February 21, 2000