Snell & Wilmer Attorney Julie Maurer Appointed to Board of Arizona Women's Education and Employment

July 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that Julie Maurer, an associate in the Phoenix office, has been appointed to the board of Arizona Women's Education and Employment, Inc. (AWEE), an organization that transforms the lives of Arizonans into economic success stories.

For over 30 years, AWEE has helped create successful beginnings and renewed hope for more than 127,000 women, men and young adults. AWEE is Arizona’s preeminent workforce development organization, offering a diverse range of evidence-based training and support services throughout Maricopa and Yavapai counties. AWEE's success can be attributed to its unique, highly personalized approach to workforce development and the comprehensive array of services it brings to bear both directly and through community partnerships.  

Maurer is a civil trial attorney and litigator with extensive experience in bench and jury trials as well as public and private-operated arbitrations. Her commercial litigation practice includes various types of business disputes, including breach of contract and insurance coverage matters. She also defends all areas of tort liability claims, including toxic tort and wrongful death claims. Maurer’s transportation practice extends to all areas of carriage, including representing carriers, brokers and intermediaries, handling freight loss and damage claims as well as ensuring the collection of tariff and transportation charges. She has successfully arbitrated numerous labor disputes throughout the country arising out of collective bargaining agreements, including contract interpretation and employee discipline and termination matters. Maurer earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Missouri-Rolla. She went on to earn her J.D from University of Notre Dame Law School where she was solicitation editor and symposium chair for the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy. Maurer also received her M.P.A., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University. Maurer is a graduate of the 2010 IADC Trial Academy held at Stanford Law School.

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