Christian, Dichter & Sluga, P.C.

• Insurance Law
• Commercial Litigation

COURT ADMISSIONS

• State of Arizona, 1997
• U.S. District Court, Arizona, 1997
• 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 2008
• State of Nevada, 2006

EDUCATION /  HONORS

• U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. 1997
• Arizona State University, B.A. History and Honors College, Summa Cum Laude, 1994
• National Merit Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Truman Scholar
• Named one of Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2010.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Arizona State Bar Association
• Maricopa County Bar Association
• Arizona Women Lawyers Association
• Defense Research Institute, member of the Insurance Committee
• American Bar Association; member of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
• Arizona Association of Defense Counsel

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Arizona State University Honors College.
• Periodically volunteers to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and at-risk children through the Community Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program and Children’s Law Project.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES /  LECTURES

• “Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;” National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2009.
• “Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;” National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008.
• “Insurance Coverage Litigation;” National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, September 7, 2007.
• “Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;” National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2007.
• “The Practical Implications of the Lennar adv. Auto-Owners Decision;” Seminar for the Construction Defect Section of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel; March 21, 2007.
• “CONSENT TO SETTLE:  DAMRON/MILLER/MORRIS AGREEMENTS”  Discussion Group Leader at the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section’s (TIPS) 13th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program; February 18, 2005.
• Playing by the Rules:  Violations of Ethics Rules as Evidence of Legal Malpractice, published in FICC Quarterly, Volume 51, No. 4, Summer 2001.

Contact Gena Sluga

gsluga@hcdslaw.com