Si Schorr

Co-Chair of Governance
Emeritus Member
Partner (Ret.),
Lewis Roca

Mr. Schorr is the senior partner in the Tucson office for the firm of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, practicing in the areas of real estate, corporate, and general business law. He has been involved in many major land use cases in Arizona.

Professional Activities

Mr. Schorr serves on the Tucson Airport Authority and the City of Tucson Parks and Recreation Commission.

He was chair of the State Board of Transportation and the first Chair of the Regional Transportation Authority. He served as a member of the Pima County Planning Commissions (1959-62), Tucson Assistant City Manager and Urban Renewal Director (1962-1963), and the Governor’s Economic Planning and Development and Advisory Board (1983-1985).

He served and was co-chair of the Arizona State Bar CLE seminar on Land Use Regulation and Litigation (1977, 1986, 1989). He was also the chair of the University of Arizona Law School CLE Seminar on Ballot Box Law: The Initiative and Referendum in Land Use and Public Decision-Making (1991), and co-chair of the CLE International Seminar on Land Use Law: Development, Regulation, and Environmental Issues (1996).

Community Activities

Mr. Schorr serves on the Board of Directors of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council. He was chairman of the Governor’s Task Force of the Seriously Mentally Ill (1989-91), chair of the Tucson-Pima County Commission on Improved Government Management (1976) and a founding board member of Pima Community College (1966-67).

Special Recognition

Mr. Schorr is listed in the current editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Southwest Super Lawyers.

Bar Affiliations

Mr. Schorr is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the Pima County Bar Association.

Education

Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1953.