PHOENIX, AZ (December 19, 2017) – Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, PLC is pleased to announce that Partner Donald L. Myles, Jr. has been welcomed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ). LCJ is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the corporate and defense perspective on proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The organization works proactively to achieve specific rule reforms by galvanizing corporate and defense practitioners and legal scholars to offer consensus proposals to Congress as well as the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Board.
Don Myles, a senior partner at Jones Skelton & Hochuli, focuses his practice in the areas of bad faith, insurance coverage and fraud, professional liability, and wrongful death and personal injury defense. He is the current President-Elect of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel and in 2014, he was inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Don holds an Advocate ranking with the American Board of Trial Advocates, is a Fellow in the American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel, and previously served as President of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel and USLAW Network. He has also been recognized as “Best Lawyer of the Year for Insurance” in both 2016 and 2018.
About Lawyers for Civil Justice:
Since 1987, Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ), a partnership of leading corporate counsel and defense bar practitioners, has fought to streamline rules in our civil justice system that waste businesses’ time and resources. LCJ promotes the corporate and defense perspective on proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and works proactively to achieve specific rule reforms by galvanizing corporate and defense practitioners and legal scholars to offer consensus proposals to the rule makers. Learn more at www.LFCJ.com.
About Jones, Skelton & Hochuli:
With more than 80 lawyers, Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. (JSH) is the largest and most experienced trial defense law firm in Arizona specializing in insurance and insurance coverage. Our lawyers focus their practice in the defense of corporations, self-insureds, government entities, insurance carriers and medical malpractice carriers. For additional information please visit jshfirm.com or call 602.263.1700.