Nicholas B. Buzan
Nick Buzan’s practice focuses on education law, litigation, employment disputes, contract negotiations, and injury law.
Nick Buzan has a varied practice born out of his substantial experience as a deputy
county attorney, general counsel in the k-12 education industry, and as a private
attorney.
Nick’s legal career began as a personal injury attorney in Tucson, AZ. There, he
learned to value a personal injury case, provide counsel to victims, prepare settlement
demand letters, and negotiate with insurance companies. Nick knew that his clients
would benefit from experience in a courtroom, so he spent 9 of the next 10 years
charging and trying cases as a deputy county attorney (Gila and Coconino).
In 2022, Nick was recruited to become General Counsel at the Arizona School Boards
Association where he drafted and implemented statutory and best practice policies
for over 200 Arizona school districts. Nick has extensive experience with a variety of
school district issues, having served also as General Counsel to one of the largest
school districts in Arizona. He now handles student discipline, parental rights,
employment, Title IX, open meeting law, public records, contract negotiations, and
policy implementation for multiple school districts.
Nick is a lifelong Arizonan having grown up in the gritty copper mining town of Globe-
Miami, Arizona. He left Arizona for Missouri where he was an NAIA quarterback on an
athletic and academic scholarship. After two years he returned to Arizona where he
met his wife at NAU. They share 2 beautiful kids, 10 chickens, and an old dog.
PRACTICE AREAS
Construction Litigation
Labor and Employment Law
Trial Practice
Personal Injury
Education Law
Civil Liability and Intentional Torts
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
State Bar of Arizona: Construction Law Section; Employment and Labor Law Section; Litigation;
Personal Injury; and Education Law; Torts
Council of Persons with Disabilities in the Legal Profession, Chair
Coconino County Bar Association, Board Member, 2021
COURT ADMISSIONS
Arizona, 2011
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Nick has tried complex criminal trials to verdict in Coconino, Yavapai, Graham, and Gila Counties.
Out of respect to the parties Nick will not post the case names.
Nick has appealed erroneous Court rulings and has achieved reversal in multiple court matters.
Nick regularly presents to employee groups and at conferences on various issues including open
meeting law, title ix, disability rights, trial practice, and parental rights.
LANGUAGE FLUENCY
English
EDUCATION
J.D., cum laude, University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law, 2010
B.S., Northern Arizona University, 2005