HARRIS & WINGER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the Franke College of Business
- Managing Partner, Chief Litigator ( Civil Division )
Chad J. Winger was born in Provo, Utah, and graduated from Mountain View High School. In 2000, Chad graduated summa cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia with bachelor degrees in Classics and Political Science. During his enrollment at Hampden-Sydney, he served as Editor-in-Chief of Hampden-Sydney's student newspaper and was initiated a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1999, the Virginia Programme at Oxford awarded Chad a full scholarship to study history and literature at St. Anne's College, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
In 2003, Chad received his juris doctorate from the University of Utah, College of Law, where he was a member of the Journal of Law and Family Studies and national trial advocacy team. He authored: Board of Education of Pottawatomie County v. Earls: Broadening the Standard for Fourth Amendment Special Needs Drug Testing in Public Schools, 5 J.L. & Fam. Stud. 403 (2003) (cited in Christopher A. Gorman, Public School Students' Fourth Amendment Rights After Vernonia and Earls: Why Limits Must Be Set on Suspicionless Drug Screening in the Public Schools, 29 Vt. L. Rev. 147, 184 n. 198 (2004)).
After law school, he entered private practice with the Law Office of Florence M. Bruemmer, P.C. in Phoenix, Arizona, where he briefed numerous Ninth Circuit criminal and habeas corpus appeals, and practiced in the areas of criminal defense, family law, civil litigation, and child welfare.
In 2006, he joined Kirkpatrick & Harris, P.C. Following the election of firm founder, Ann Kirkpatrick, to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, Chad became a shareholder of the firm and carries on Ms. Kirkpatrick's practice.
Chad is also an adjunct professor of Business Law at the Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Partner, Chief Litigator ( Criminal Division )
Kevin is the Senior Partner and Chief Litigator of the Harris & Winger, P.C. Criminal Division. He has aggressively handled all types of criminal cases, ranging from simple traffic offenses to complex murder cases and everything in between. Throughout his career, Kevin has handled over 2,500 DUI cases, and vigorously defended each of his clients' rights.
Kevin was born in Mesa, Arizona. One of eight children, he graduated from Westwood High School in 1984. A passion for criminal defense led Kevin to earn a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a minor in History from Northern Arizona University (the "Harvard of Flagstaff").
After traveling the world, Kevin then earned his Juris Doctorate from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and began his career serving as a Deputy Public Defender in Yuma, Arizona. In this position, Kevin was challenged to defend many clients against a wide variety of criminal charges. Kevin voraciously rose to the challenge, and has done so ever since. Kevin joined the Kirkpatrick Law Office in November 1999, ran for US Congress in the year 2000, and in July 2001, he was made a partner of Kirkpatrick & Harris, P.C.
Kevin's tenacious attitude and proclivity for aggressive competition have made him an excellent trial attorney. However, Kevin's understanding of people and his innate skills in negotiation have led to numerous triumphantly settled cases. Kevin is a firm believer that his success is dependent upon the success of his clients, and Kevin will always fight for that success.
Education
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, Michigan
J.D. - 1996
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
B.S. - 1989
University of Pittsburgh
Kevin has run in the New York Marathon and rode in the Tour de Tucson, among other races. He is an award-winning collector, winning first prize at the Coconino County Fair for his bola tie collection.