Steve Leach, a partner at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., has been named Chairman of the Fiesta Bowl Committee for the 2010-2011 season. Leach will oversee the Committee’s activities in coordinating fundraising, member participation and event planning for the Bowl.

After becoming a Fiesta Bowl volunteer in 2004, Leach joined the Committee in 2006 and was named Rookie of the Year for the 2006-2007 season. He served as New Member Coach and New Member Commissioner, along with chair of the Media Operations Committee in 2008.

“I am honored by the opportunity to serve the Fiesta Bowl family during this exciting national championship season,” said Leach. “The Fiesta Bowl stands as the preeminent college football bowl organization because of the community leadership and commitment by its volunteers and staff over the past four decades, and I am proud to be a part of the Bowl’s leadership team.”

Steve Leach joined Jones, Skelton & Hochuli as a partner in 2005 and is the chair of the firm's Employment Law Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on employment law, public entity/school district defense, aviation law, general tort defense and insurance bad faith. He received his J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law in 1987 and is admitted to practice in Arizona, the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.