Gary Birnbaum, 64, passed away in November, 2016. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1973 from Harpur College, part of SUNY Binghamton. At Indiana University Law School he became Article Editor of the Indiana Law Journal. He graduated law school Magna Cum Laude and was a member of the Order of the COIF. In 1976 he began working at Streich Lang Law Firm in Phoenix. He moved on to work at Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre, and Friedlander where he built a nine person law firm into a sixty person law firm. Recently, Gary managed their merger with the national law firm, Dickinson Wright of Detroit. Gary was a Faculty Associate at ASU Law School beginning in 2001 and was currently teaching a class on Private Property Rights. He received legal accolades too numerous to mention including Lawyer of the Year and Best Lawyer to Bet Your Firm On. Gary is survived by his wife, Denise, a brother and his mother.