Attorney Whitney Cunningham’s practice focuses on business, real estate and construction matters. He advises entrepreneurs and businesses at all stages of their development, including business formation, shareholder relations, commercial transactions, intellectual property management, and buying and selling of businesses. He also handles complex business and real estate litigation and appeals. Mr. Cunningham’s clients range from local family businesses to entrepreneurial corporations doing business around the world. He possesses extensive experience in both civil jury trials and complex business and real estate transactions.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
- J.D., magna cum laude, 1992
- Order of the Coif
- Editor-in-Chief, The Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 80
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
- B.S., magna cum laude, 1989
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona, 1993
- U.S. District Court – District of Arizona, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit, 2014
- U.S. Court of Appeals – Federal Circuit, 1995
Professional Memberships & Activities
State Bar of Arizona
- President, 2013 – 2014
- Board of Governors, 2002 – 2015
U.S. District Court – District of Columbia
- Law Clerk to Hon. George H. Revercomb, 1992 – 1993
The Georgetown Law Journal
- “Testing Posner’s Strong Theory of Wealth Maximization,”
81 Geo. L.J. 141 (1992)
Northern Arizona University
- Instructor of Mass Media Law & Ethics, 1993 – 1994
State Bar of Arizona, Lectures, Presentations, Publications
- “The Future is Now: Relevance and Sustainability for the Business of Law Practice,” Seminar Co-Chair, 2014
- Construction Law Manual (3d ed. 2015), Contributing Author
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education
- Board of Directors, 2013 – 2014
- Next Generation Fellow, 2010 – present
American Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2014 – present
Supreme Court of Arizona
- Attorney Regulation Advisory Committee, 2015 – present
- Committee on the Review of Supreme Court Rules Governing Professional Conduct and the Practice of Law, 2014 – 2015
- Task Force on the Review of the Role and Governance Structure of the State Bar of Arizona, 2014 – 2015
- Arizona Judicial Council, 2013 – 2014
Coconino County Bar Association, Member
National Conference of Bar Presidents, Sustaining Fellow
Honors & Recognitions
- Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, 2014 – present
- State Bar of Arizona – “Next Generation Founding Fellow”