Robert J. Spurlock is a faculty associate at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He is a member of the Maricopa County Bar Association (Volunteer Lawyers Division), the State Bar of Arizona (Trial Practice and Bankruptcy Sections) and the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys.
Professor Spurlock has a diversified practice, but he focuses on two areas: creditors’ rights (including commercial litigation and bankruptcy) and the defense of real estate agents. His creditors’ rights practice makes him a frequent visitor to the bankruptcy courts of Arizona and the Southwest. He also protects the rights of his clients in Arizona’s tribal courts, and is honored to be admitted to the Gila River, Hopi, White Mountain Apache, Colorado River, Tohono O'odham, Fort Mohave and Yavapai Apache Bar Associations.
In his spare time, he coaches girls' basketball. He is an assistant varsity coach at Thunderbird High School and director of the Arizona Thunder, one of teh largest girls' basketball clubs in the Southwest.