Donald Wayne Bivens (born February 5, 1952) is an American

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, former member of the American Bar Association's Board of Governors, Chair-Elect of the

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's Section of Litigation, and former Chairman of the Arizona Democratic Party.

Personal life

Bivens was born in

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, Michigan, the son of Dr. Melvin D. Bivens and Frances Bivens. In 1953, his family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico where Bivens was raised in a middle-class family. His mother was an elementary school teacher with the Albuquerque Public School System. His father was a professor at the University of New Mexico and a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist at Lovelace Medical Center, starting in 1953, and served as head of its OB/GYN department from 1957 until his retirement in 1983. Beginning at an early age, Bivens held jobs as a gas station attendant, a musician, and kitchen worker. After graduating from high school, Bivens attended Yale University where he earned a B.A. degree in English in 1974, graduating magna cum laude and with departmental honors. He then earned a J.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as the Note and Comment Editor on the '' Texas Law Review'' and was a member of the Order of the Barristers. In 1998, Bivens was elected as President of the

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. He's currently an attorney with Snell & Wilmer.

2012 U.S. Senate campaign

Bivens ran for the United States Senate seat currently held by

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. On March 28, 2012, he withdrew from the race.

References

External links

at Don Bivens PLLC
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