About the author
Stuart earned degrees in business and law at the University of Arizona, graduated in the top ten-percent of his law school class, and served as an editor of the Arizona Law Review. He was a partner in Jennings, Strouss, & Salmon, one of Arizona’s largest law firms, for thirty years. Early in his career, he began to teach, write, and lecture at both the local and national levels. Along the way, he acquired professional recognition by making the “Hallmark” lists at the top of his profession, including Who’s Who in American Law (First Edition), Martindale-Hubbell’s Premier American Lawyers, Woodward & Whites’ Best Lawyers in America, and Arizona’s Finest Lawyers. He tried over 100 jury cases to a conclusion and earned the rank of Advocate as a juried member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. The Arizona State Bar certified him as a Specialist in trial practice. The National Institute of Trial Advocacy honored him with its “Distinguished Faculty” designation in 1994. Stuart completed an eight-year term on the Arizona Board of Regents, and served as President in 2004-2005. He was inducted into the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Hall of Fame in October 2010.
He has written scores of law review and journal articles, op-ed pieces, essays, stories, over fifty CLE booklets, and six books: “The Ethical Trial Lawyer,” State Bar of Arizona, 1994; “Litigation Ethics,” Lexis-Nexis Publishing, 1998; “The Gallup 14,” a novel, University of New Mexico Press, 2000; “Miranda—The Story of America’s Right to Remain Silent,” University of Arizona Press, 2004, “AIM For The Mayor—Echoes from Wounded Knee,” a novel, Xlibris Publishing, 2008, and “Innocent Until Interrogated—The Story of the Buddhist Temple Massacre and the Tucson Four.” University of Arizona Press, 2010.