Christian, Kravitz, Dichter & Johnson
2700 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
P: 602-792-1700
F: 602-792-1710

8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite
200 Las Vegas NV 89123
P: 702-362-6666
F: 702-992-1000

Gena L. Sluga
ISLN: 912606017
Partner
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Practice Areas

Insurance; Litigation

Admitted: 1997, Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2006, Nevada

Law School: Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, J.D.

Member: Maricopa County Bar Association; State Bar of Arizona; Arizona Women Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Insurance Committee); American Bar Association (Member, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section); Arizona Association of Defense Counsel.

Biography: National Merit Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Truman Scholar. Member, Dean's Advisory Board for the Arizona State University Honors College. Periodically volunteers to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and at-risk children through the Community Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program and Children's Law Project. Author: "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2009; "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008; "Insurance Coverage Litigation," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, September 7, 2007; "Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona," National Business Institute Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, April 2007; "The Practical Implications of the Lennar adv. Auto-Owners Decision," Seminar for the Construction Defect Section of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel; March 21, 2007; "CONSENT TO SETTLE: DAMRON/MILLER/MORRIS AGREEMENTS," Discussion Group Leader at the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's (TIPS) 13th Annual Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Midyear Program, February 18, 2005; "Playing By The Rules: Violations of Ethics Rules as Evidence of Legal Malpractice," published in FICC Quarterly, Vol.51, No.4, Summer 2001.

Born: July 25, 1973

Gena is a partner in Christian, Kravitz Dichter & Johnson, LLC, leading its Insurance Coverage practice group, and a partner in its Arizona affiliate, Harper, Christian, Dichter & Graif, P.C. She is a Truman Scholar and a 1994 summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, graduate of Arizona State University's Honors College. She received her J.D. in 1997 from U. C. Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law.

COURT ADMISSIONS
State of Arizona, 1997
U.S. District Court, Arizona, 1997
9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, 2005
State of Nevada, 2006

EDUCATION / HONORS
U.C. Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. 1997
Arizona State University, B.A. History and Honors College, Summa Cum Laude, 1994
National Merit Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Truman Scholar

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Arizona State Bar Association
Maricopa County Bar Association
Arizona Women Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute, member of the Insurance Committee
American Bar Association; member of Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Arizona Association of Defense Counsel

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Member of the Dean's Advisory Board for the Arizona State University Honors College.
Periodically volunteers to serve as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and at-risk children through the Community
Legal Services Volunteer Lawyer Program and Children's Law Project.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES / LECTURES
"Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;" National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2009.
"Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;" National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2008.
"Insurance Coverage Litigation;" National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, September 7, 2007.
"Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Arizona;" National Business Institute Seminar; Phoenix, Arizona, April 2007.
The Practical Impl