John Hinderaker

Partner, Civil/Business Litigation Group,Lewis and Roca LLP

Age: 38

Community involvement: Lawyers for Literacy, volunteer; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, state advisory board member; Pima County Commission on Trial Court Appointments; University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law Association, board member; Chris Nakamura Judicial Workshop

What do you do to relax?: masters swimming at UA

You attribute your success to: perseverence and hard work

Unique thing no one knows about you: I drove a forklift in Germany for three months.

A word from the nominator: "Hinderaker has persevered through and recovered from a life-threatening reaction to a medication in February 2006 that triggered a cardiac arrest and left him in a coma . . . for six days. He is deeply devoted to his wife, Nicci, and his two young children, Luke and Dalen. . . . He is the kind of person you wish all lawyers would be." - Abbie S. Fink, vice president/general manager, HMA Public Relations