William Joshua Nunez
330 E Thomas, Phoenix, AZ 85012 ♦ (602) 730-5595 ♦ josh@nunezfirm.com
EDUCATION & LICENSES
State Bar of Arizona
• Admitted to the Bar 2012
Arizona Summit Law School
• Juris Doctorate Degree 2012
Texas Tech University School of Law
• Juris Doctorate Candidate
Texas Tech University (TTU)
• BA, Biochemistry, 2008;
• BA, Mathematics 2008; Minor, Biology
Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ
Lubbock, Tx
Lubbock, TX
EXPERIENCE
Nunez Law Firm, PLLC (2013 – Present)
Phoenix, AZ
• Owner/Manager –
• Founded the Firm focusing on Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, and
Immigration
Cruz and Associates, P.C. (2010 – 2013)
Phoenix, AZ
• Associate
• Founded the firm’s workers’ compensation practice which doubled the size of the firm
in just over one year.
• Managed personal injury cases and workers’ compensation cases
Research Assistant
• Conducted Research and perfected citations for Professor Jennifer Bard (02/2010 – Present)
• Conducted Research and perfected citations for Professor Keith Swisher (09/2009 – 12/09) - Keith
Swisher, Pro-Prosecution Judges: “Tough on Crime,” Soft on Strategy, Ripe for Disqualification, 52
ARIZ. L. REV. 2 (Summer 2010).
Texas 237th District Court
Lubbock, TX
Junior Law Clerk - Special Research Assistant (05/2009 – 08/2009)
• Wrote memos to presiding judge on various motions before the court
• Research included questions regarding the Court’s jurisdiction over parent-companies
and subsidiaries; collateral attacks on the Court’s judgment; gatekeeper hearings; etc…
• Duties included: conveying Judge’s messages to attorneys and vice-versa, assisting the
judge during trials with clerical issues, and assisting the Court Coordinator with office
duties.
Student Bar Association
Phoenix, AZ
1L Class Delegate (01/2009 – 12/09)
• Represent 1L’s interest to the SBA
• SBA Representative to Pro-Bono Faculty Committee (01/2009 – 12/09)
The Teddy Bear Initiative
Lubbock, TX
Grant Proposal, Author and Recipient (12/2007 – 01/2008)
• Assessed, gathered and organized available information on the needs of the South Plains
Children’s Advocacy Center (SPCAC)
• Wrote grant proposal to the office of Rural and Community Health at the TTU Health
Sciences Center
Senator Gregory Luna Legislative Scholar
Austin, TX
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William Joshua Nunez
330 E Thomas, Phoenix, AZ 85012 ♦ (602) 730-5595 ♦ josh@nunezfirm.com
Policy Analyst for the Texas Senate Committee on State Affair (01/2007 – 06/2007)
• Briefed Committee Chairman, Senator Robert Duncan, on proposed legislation during
the Texas 80th Legislature; Primarily analyzed bills on public pension systems and
insurance
• Co-chaired the Senator Luna Scholars Institute: A collaboration with regional Upward
Bound programs; organized a high school student trip to the Texas Capitol in which
students participated in a mock senate trial
Public Health Summer Fellow
Atlanta, TX
Interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at Morehouse School of Medicine (Summer, 2006)
• Composed literature review on policies addressing obesity in the Caribbean
• Presented findings at the CDC and Morehouse School of Medicine
• Organized public health community service projects in under-developed communities
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVMENT AND MEMBERSHIP
• Arizona State Bar Association, Member 2012 - Present
• AZ Assoc. of Lawyers for Injured Workers, Member (2012 – Present)
• America Immigration Lawyers Association, Member (2013 – Present)
• Los Abogados, AZ Hispanic Bar Association, Member (2011 – Present)
• Hispanic Law Student Association, Member (01/2009 – Present)
• Double T Health Service Corps, Secretary; (08/2005 – 05/2008)
 Developed organization’s priority area on rural-health disparities
• Hispanic Student Society, Treasurer (08/2006 - 05/2007)
• Northwest Texas Messengers of Peace, Treasurer (2000 – 2004); Vice President
(2004 – 2005)
• Mathematics Association of America – TTU Chapter, Treasurer (2004 – 2005)
SKILLS
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Languages: Spanish, Read and Write Proficient
Computer Skills: TimeMatters, Westlaw, LexisNexis, CLIO
HONORS AND AWARD
• TTU Student Leadership Symposium Scholarship, Wrote project proposal for
Woman’s Protective Services (Fall, 2007)
• Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Scholarship (Fall, 2006)
• NASA Johnson Space Center Scholar, Competition – Developed mock space rover
designed to collect samples in Mars-like simulated environment (Spring, 2003 )
• Messengers of Peace, Scholarship Recipient (Fall, 2002)
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