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Attorney Biography
Admitted to State Bar of Arizona: 2002
Education: University of San Diego School of Law, J.D. 2001
Arizona State University, B.A. 1999
Summa Cum Laude
Member: State Bar of Arizona
American Bar Association
East Valley Bar Association
Maricopa County Bar Association
American Bar Association Family Law Section
Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Practice Areas: Domestic Relations and Family Law
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Sherynn J. Perry, Esq.
familylaw@sperrylawfirm.com
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Ms. Perry's educational focus in psychology and knowledge of family dynamics offers a unique perspective and solid foundation for her work in the area of Family Law. Ms. Perry is able to offer her clients a high level of professionalism along with compassion and understanding of the emotional issues involved in divorce and custody cases and such matters as annulment, child support, spousal support, grandparent rights, and paternity evaluations.
Prior to Ms. Perry's admittance to the Arizona State Bar in 2002, her professional affiliations and memberships included the American Arbitration Association, the Arizona Dispute Resolution Association, the Association for Conflict Resolution, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Beta Phi, Golden Key, Alpha Lambda Delta, American Psychology-Law Society, Society for Judgment & Decision Making, and the American Psychological Association. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Arizona State University in 1999, and received her law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2001.
She is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Arizona. She is published in such professional journals as Behavioral Sciences and the Law and the Journal of Modern Psychological Studies and is a recipient of the Randolph Reed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law and Psychiatry. Some of Ms. Perry's articles include:
- Surviving the Holidays in the Face of a Divorce, THE ISLANDS CURRENT 11: 17 (2004)
- Juror Attribution of Blame: Correlation Between a Defendant's Selection of a Defense and Juror Placement of Blame
- Legal Implications for Failure to Comply with Advance Directives: An Examination of the Incompetent Individual's Right to Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE LAW, 20: 253-269 (2002).
- Mediation: Blending Psychology and Law, MOTIONS, 35(4) 7 (2000).
- A Quasi-experimental Assessment of the Effect of Notetaking on Juror Deliberation Time: An Analysis of the Arizona Jury Reform Act
- Impact of Eye Contact on Jurors' Task: A Proposal
- Desirability of Personal Interview as an Additional Admissibility Requirement for Mental Health Professionals' Expert Testimony
- An Economic Approach to the Entrapment Defense as Used in California
- Biasing Effects: The Theory of Nonverbal Communication in Judicial Reasoning
- Examination of Courts' Use of Discretionary Power to Circumvent Protocol for the Admissibility of Expert Testimony
- A Study of Physical Appearance and Level of Attraction to the Opposite Sex, JOURNAL OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES, 6(2) 12-17 (1999).
- Physical Appearance and Level of Attraction, Psychonomic Society and Society for Judgment & Decision Making Conference, (Presented 1998).
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