Mr. Pursell is a litigator whose practice focuses in the areas of commercial litigation and intellectual property litigation. His experience includes participation in complex class action lawsuits, but focuses on trade secret, non-competition and non-solicitation disputes.

Before entering the practice of law, Mr. Pursell was a patrol officer with the Pascagoula, Mississippi Police Department.

Presentations

• Speaker, "Intellectual Property Theft," presented as part of the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Crime Coalition Business Crime Seminar Series, 2003; Presented at Jennings, Strouss & Salmon (2004)
  

• Faculty, State Bar of Arizona Council on Professionalism, 2010

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association
  Member
  

Admitted to Practice

• Arizona, 1999

Court Admission

• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1999
• U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Education

• LL.M. , Yale Law School , 1999
  
• J.D. , The University of Tulsa College of Law , 1996
  Articles Editor, Tulsa Law Journal, 1994-1996
  Order of the Curule, Chair, 1996
  Judge W. Lee Johnson Award, 1996
  Gable and Gotwals Outstanding Student Awards for First, Second and Third-Year Students (1993-1996)
  West Publishing Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award (1996)
• B.A. , University of South Alabama , Criminal Justice, 1989