Mark Harrison

Mark I. Harrison received his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1960 and is a Member of the Phoenix, Arizona law firm Osborn Maledon PA. He is a past President of the State Bar of Arizona (1975-76) and the Arizona Bar Foundation (1991). He served on the Members’ Consultative Group for the American Law Institute Restatement of the Law Governing Lawyers and was the President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) in 1992-93 and of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers in 1993-94. From 2000-2003, Mr. Harrison served as a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and from 2003 until 2007, Mr. Harrison chaired the ABA Joint Commission to Evaluate the Code of Judicial Conduct which was adopted unanimously by the ABA House of Delegates in February, 2007. Recognition for Mr. Harrison includes Best Lawyers in America: Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law (1995-2011), and by Southwest Super Lawyers, Top 50 Arizona Attorneys (2007-2010). Mr. Harrison has been the recipient of several awards including the ABA Michael Franck Award for Professional Responsibility; the Walter E. Craig Lifetime Achievement Award from the State Bar of Arizona, the Presidential Commendation Award presented by the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame Award, the National Conference of Bar Presidents Fellows Award and the Judge Learned Hand Award from the Phoenix chapter of the American Jewish Committee, presented annually to outstanding leaders of the legal profession.