About Mr Joseph A Kanefield

Mr Joseph A Kanefield is a lawyer practicing administrative, appeals and critical motions, election law and 9 other areas of law. Joseph received a B.S. degree from Arizona State University in 1990, and has been licensed for 32 years. Joseph practices at Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. in Phoenix, AZ.

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Awards

AV Preeminent Peer Rated

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Areas of Law

Government 1
- Government Relations
Appellate Practice
Other 10
- Administrative
- Appeals and Critical Motions
- Election Law
- First Amendment
- Internal Investigations and Regulatory Compliance
- Investigations, Government Enforcement and White Collar Protection
- Lobbying and Legislative Affairs
- Professional Licensure
- Special Litigation and Compliance
- Tax - State and Local

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Partner

Firm Name
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1994, Arizona
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
United States District Court, District of Arizona
United States Supreme Court

Memberships

Professional Memberships and Activities
•ProVisors
•American Bar Association House of Delegates
•Arizona State Delegate (2023-2026)
•American Bar Association
•American Bar Foundation, fellow
•American Law Institute
•Maricopa County Bar Association
•State Bar of Arizona
•President (2011-2012)
•Board of Governors (2001-2013)
•Young Lawyers Division, President (1999-2000)
•Election Law Continuing Legal Education Program, Chair (2006-2020)
•Access to Justice Task Force (2002-2004)
•The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
•Professor of Practice, Election Law (2007-Present)
•Leaders in the Law (2016)
•Board of Visitors (2003-Present)
•City of Phoenix Judicial Selection Advisory Board (2014-2021)
•Arizona Equal Justice Foundation, President of the Board of Directors (2018-2019)
•Arizona Commission on Salaries for Elective State Officers (2012-2018)
•Task Force on Lawyer Ethics, Professionalism, and the Unauthorized Practice of Law (2016-2017)
•Transition team for Arizona Secretary of State-Elect Michele Reagan (2016)
•Task Force on the Review of the Role and Governance Structure of the State Bar of Arizona (2014-2015)
•Committee on the Impact of Wireless, Mobile Technologies and Social Media on Court Proceedings (2012-2013)

Bar Fellowship
of the American Bar Foundation. He is past chair of the State Bar Access to Justice Task Force and the United Blood Services Community Leadership Council. He serves on the Arizona Equal Justice Foundation's Board of Directors, the City of Phoenix Judicial Selection Advisory Committee, the State Salary Commission, and teaches Election Law as a Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona College of Law, and also serves on the College of Law Board of Visitors. Joe received the State Bar's 2011 Distinguished Public Lawyer Award and its 2002 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. In 2004, he received the Judge Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee. In 2016, he was named to Southwest Super Lawyers for Legislative & Government Affairs. Joe graduated from Arizona State University in 1990 with a B. S. in Economics and received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1994. He has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1994. Fellow: of the American Bar Foundation. He is past chair of the State Bar Access to Justice Task Force and the United Blood Services Community Leadership Council. He also is a member of the Arizona Equal Justice Foundation's Board of Directors, teaches Election Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, and serves on the College of Law Board of Visitors. Joe received the State Bar's 2011 Distinguished Public Lawyer Award and its 2002 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award. In 2004, he received the Judge Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee. Joe graduated from Arizona State University in 1990 with a B.S. in Economics and received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1994. He has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1994.
Education & Certifications

Law School
University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Class of 1994
J.D.

Other Education
Arizona State University
Class of 1990
B.S.
Personal Details & History

Age
Born in 1968
Omaha, Nebraska, July 22, 1968

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