Eric M Fraser

Appeals

Antitrust

Intellectual Property Litigation

Professional Activities:

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow, 2025-Present

Ninth Circuit Appellate Lawyer Representative, 2017-2025

Arizona Supreme Court Task Force on Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, 2023-2024

State Bar of Arizona, Appellate Practice Section, Chair, 2020-2021; Executive Council, 2015-2022

State Bar of Arizona, Intellectual Property Law Section, Chair, 2020-2021; Executive Council, 2015-2022

Arizona Court of Appeals Pro Bono Attorney Coordinator, 2019-Present

State Bar of Arizona, Antitrust Law Section, Chair, 2016-2017; Executive Council, 2014-2020

Arizona Appellate Handbook Committee, 2014-Present

Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions Rules Study Group, 2016-2017

Community Activities:

Phoenix-Taipei Sister Cities Committee, Cultural Trade Exchange Program; 2013-Present

SCOTUSblog – Eric contributes opinion analysis, commentary on SCOTUS news, case previews and more.

Arizona Appellate Handbook (2020) (co-author of chapter on interlocutory appeals)

Civil Appellate Highlights – Eric contributes to the monthly column in Arizona Attorney with Joseph N. Roth.

Arizona Appeals – Eric contributes content for Practical Law with Hayleigh S. Crawford.

Why and How to Moot Cases on Appeal, Arizona Attorney (April 2022) (with Eric M. Fraser)

Local Gov’ts Must Note Lessons In Religious Exception Ruling, Law360 (June 23, 2021)

Eric M. Fraser specializes in appeals and is co-chair of the firm’s appellate practice. He is known for his work on high-profile and precedent-setting cases, often leading groundbreaking appeals with state and national significance. He has a particular focus on constitutional law, major legal issues, and complex commercial appeals. He regularly appears before the Arizona Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, and the Arizona Court of Appeals.

Eric has argued dozens of major appeals, including a nationally prominent appeal about Christian wedding vendors who challenged a law prohibiting sexual orientation-based discrimination. He handled a series of five appellate arguments defending Prop. 211, which stopped dark money in Arizona elections. He argued a groundbreaking appeal about rights to fertilized human embryos upon divorce. He won four consecutive appellate arguments in challenges to a major pension plan’s practices. He was lead appellate counsel for the largest medical malpractice verdict in Arizona history.

Eric clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and has served as Chair of the Appellate Practice Section and as a Ninth Circuit Appellate Lawyer Representative. He also regularly writes about appeals, including contributing to SCOTUSblog, co-authoring a monthly column in Arizona Attorney magazine covering civil appeals, and as editor emeritus of the azapp.com blog.

Eric also handles patent, copyright and trademark litigation and is co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property practice. He has represented four of the five largest technology companies in the world in IP cases. He is a registered patent attorney with a degree in Physics and served as the Chair of the State Bar’s Intellectual Property Section, as well as the Antitrust Section.

Eric is ranked Band 1 in Chambers USA. Best Lawyers named him as “Lawyer of the Year” and Law360 featured Eric as one of five rising stars nationwide in 2020. He is also recognized by Benchmark Litigation, Best Lawyers, and Southwest Super Lawyers.

He has been tapped as a source for national news outlets including CNN, Fox News, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Evening News, alongside every major local television station in Arizona. He has also been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Arizona Republic, People Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Law360, and many others.

Eric has published and spoken widely in the fields of appeals, intellectual property and antitrust, including four book chapters, over a dozen articles, and dozens of speaking engagements. He also coauthored a peer-reviewed article in a major medical journal, with Michael J. Neuss, M.D., Ph.D.

The University of Chicago Law School

J.D., with High Honors

2009