Citizen Staff Report
Jeffrey Willis, a partner in the Tucson office of Snell & Wilmer LLP, has been named Lawyer of the Year in his practice area by the publishers of The Best Lawyers in America. Willis, who concentrates in the area of complex high-stakes commercial litigation, was consistently rated at the top of his field by his peers, earning him the designation Tucson “Bet-the-Company Litigator” of 2009. Willis has been named to the Best Lawyers list each year since 2001, but this is his first Lawyer of the Year selection.
Linda Broughton, general manager of BHP Billiton Base Metals, was named a vice chair of the board of the Arizona Foundation for Resource Education. This Phoenix-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization provides development in mathematics, technology and the environmental sciences to educators in Arizona’s K-12 districts and schools.
The A List gives props to the Tucson business community’s movers and shakers. Send information to alist@tucsoncitizen.com