Pamela Kirkpatrick Sutherland is an entrepreneurial lawyer and advocate with experience in economic development consulting, law practice, and political organizing. She has developed over $100 million in real estate projects, co-founded a venture capital fund and political action committee, and consulted with over 100 potential businesses on development projects in downtown Tucson. Sutherland has an extensive record of publications, presentations, volunteer work, and experience advising startups and small businesses.

1. PAMELA KIRKPATRICK SUTHERLAND, JD, EDFP
3133 Connecticut Avenue #711
Washington, DC 20008
520-548-1451 cell
p.k.sutherland@gmail.com
Entrepreneurial lawyer, advocate, author with
excellent communication and outreach abilities
JD, New England School of Law (cum laude, law review)
BA, Wells College (philosophy, government)
EDFP (Economic Development Finance Professional), National Development Council
Flinn-Brown Fellow (fifth cohort, spring 2013)
Courses taken towards executive MBA, Eller College, University of Arizona
Accomplishments
- Co-authored book and articles in peer-reviewed and popular publications
- Developed approximately $100M in real estate projects over 28 year
period in Cambridge, MA and Tucson, AZ
- Co-founded and ran Arizona List, recruited 1300 dues-paying members;
raised over $170,000 in first election year (2004), $160,000 in 2005, and
close to $200,000 in 2006; Actively recruited women to run for office and
trained them; volunteered on countless campaigns including 2006 LD-24
(Yuma) election in which 3/3 candidates won seats in the legislature;
Organized volunteers and conducted many, many house parties across AZ
- Successful law practice resulting in significant gains for victims of sexual
misconduct and abuse; law practice in Arizona included legal director of
ACLU of Arizona, private practice with startups and small businesses
- Focused government and private funding on developing Downtown
Tucson, with particular focus on startups; currently multiple
incubators/accelerators/co-working spaces in the downtown area (board
member of StartUp Tucson)
Experience
“Connecting the Dots” (2013 to present)
Economic development consulting for Anchorage Park Foundation, Downtown
Tucson Partnership and private clients with focus on business expansion and job
creation
Downtown Tucson Partnership (2010 to 2013)
Economic Development Director for downtown revitalization agency. Created

2. compendium of economic development financing tools
(http://www.downtowntucson.org/invest/compendium-online/) and case studies;
consulted with over 100 potential businesses for Downtown; drafted economic
analysis of potential development projects and RFIs; obtained grant funding from
Tohono O’odham Nation
Attorney At Law (Arizona, 1999 to present; Massachusetts, 1990 to 2001)
General private practice lawyer with focus on economic development finance,
business and real estate law; obtained nonprofit status for clients; assisted with
financing, including loans from the Industrial Development Authority and private
banks; Massachusetts practice focused on litigation on behalf of victims of sexual
misconduct
Arizona List (2004 to 2008)
Co-founder and Executive Director of political committee to elect pro-choice women
Democrats to state and local government in Arizona
Ceres Seed Fund LLC (2000 to 2002)
Co-founder and co-managing member of Arizona’s only women-run venture capital
fund; fund invested in Tucson-based high tech businesses with a preference for
women-run businesses
New England School of Law (1991 to 1993)
Instructor, taught legal writing and oral advocacy skills to first year law students
Publications
Pamela K. Sutherland, Economic Impact of Students on Downtown Tucson, Trend
Report (November 2013).
Economic Development blog postings, downtowntucson.org (June, 2011 to 2014).
Pamela K. Sutherland, Finance Focus: Financing Options for Downtown Real Estate
Projects, Trend Report (May 2010).
Pamela K. Sutherland and Abby Henig, Venture Capital Plays Growing Role In
Economy, Inside Tucson Business 8 B (May 28, 2001).
Pamela K. Sutherland, Book Review: Expert Testimony (Trial Magazine, 2000).
Thomas G Gutheil & Pamela K. Sutherland, Forensic Assessment, Witness Credibility
& The Search for Truth Through Expert Testimony in the Courtroom, 27 J
PSYCHIATRY & LAW 289 (1999).
Pamela K. Sutherland and David Fathi, Litigation Behind Bars, TRIAL 26 (October
2003).
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3. Pamela K. Sutherland, We’re Free to Worship and Free From Religion, Arizona
Republic V1 (August 17, 2003) (to be reprinted in SIRS Knowledge Source and SIRS
Enduring Issues).
STEVEN BISBING, LINDA JORGENSON & PAMELA SUTHERLAND, SEXUAL ABUSE BY
PROFESSIONALS: A LEGAL GUIDE (supp. 1999, 2000).
Pamela K. Sutherland & Delia Henderson, Expert Psychiatrists and Comments on
Witness Credibility, TRIAL 82 (July 1998).
Pamela K. Sutherland & Gina Yarbrough, High-Tech Gossip: Physician-Patient
Confidentiality & Computerized Managed Care, TRIAL 58 (November, 1996)
Pamela K. Sutherland, Sexual Abuse by Therapists, Physicians, Attorneys, and Other
Professionals, World Wide Legal Information Association (Internet site) (1996)
Pamela K Sutherland, A Plaintiffs' Attorney's Perspective, in LITIGATING SEXUAL
MISCONDUCT CASES (M.C.L.E. ed. 1996).
Pamela K. Sutherland, Insurance Coverage in Massachusetts for Therapist-Patient
Sexual Misconduct, MATAJOURNAL 42 (July, 1995).
Linda M. Jorgenson, Pamela K. Sutherland, Steven Bisbing, Outside The Rules:
Multiple Victims' Testimony in Sexual Misconduct Suits, TRIAL 30 (May, 1995).
Linda M Jorgenson, Pamela K. Sutherland, Steven Bisbing, Masters of Their Fate:
Employer Liability in Therapist Sexual Misconduct Cases, 60 BROOKLYN LAW
REVIEW 1421 (1995).
STEVEN BISBING, LINDA JORGENSON & P AMELA SUTHERLAND, SEXUAL ABUSE
BY PROFESSIONALS. A LEGAL GUIDE (1995, supp. 1997).
Paul Appelbaum, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Sexual Relationships
Between Physicians and Patients, 154 ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE 2561
(1994).
Pamela K. Sutherland, Linda Jorgenson & Steven Bisbing, Litigating Sexual Abuse
Cases By Health Care Professionals, MATA JOURNAL 44 (April-May 1994).
Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, A Question of Ethics: Attorney-Client Sexual
Contact, TRIAL 68 (Sept. 1993).
Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Alternative Theories of Psychotherapist
Liability: What's Sex Got To Do With It?, TRIAL 22 (May 1993).
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4. Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Liability of Physicians, Therapists and Other
Health Professionals for Sexual Misconduct with Patients, in MEDICAL LIABILITY
ISSUES FOR LA WYERS, PHYSICIANS, AND INSURERS CURRENT TRENDS AND
FUTURE DIRECTIONS A-117 (Tort and Insurance Practice Section ed. 1993)
Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Lawyers' Sex With Clients: A Proposal for A
Uniform Standard, 12 (11) FAIRSHARE 11 (1992).
Thomas Gutheil, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Prohibiting Lawyer-Client
Sex, 20 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PSYCHIATRY & LAW 365
(1992)
Larry Strasburger, Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, The Prevention of
Therapist Sexual Contact: Avoid the Slippery Slope, 46 (4) AMERICAN JOURNAL OF
PSYCHOTHERAPY 544 (1992).
Linda Jorgenson, Steven Bisbing & Pamela Sutherland, Therapist-Patient Sexual
Misconduct and Insurance Liability, 27 (3) TORT & INSURANCE LAW JOURNAL 595
(1992)
Linda Jorgenson & Pamela Sutherland, Attorney-Client Sexual Contact: An Informal
Survey, 14(41) NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 26 (1992). Linda Jorgenson & Pamela
Sutherland, Fiduciary Theory Applied to Attorneys' Personal Dealings: Attorney-
Client Sexual Contact, 45 ARKANSAS LAW REVIEW 458 (1992).
Presentations
“Financing Downtown Development,” presentation to Flinn Brown Fellowship
retreat (August 9, 2014).
“New Markets Tax Credits,” presentation at AZ Governor’s Conference on Economic
Development (October 3, 2013).
“Downtown Tucson Development,” presentation to Phoenix monthly luncheon of
the AZ Association for Economic Development (May, 2013).
“Legal Issues Related to Tech Start-Ups,” presentation at Arizona Center for
Innovation Commercial Reality series (April 29, 2009).
Numerous presentations on electing women to office and the mechanics of running
for office, including presentations to INDN’s List Campaign Camp 2007, Democrats
of Greater Tucson, Sun City Rancho Visto Democratic Club, Prescott Democratic
Women’s Club, Native American Women’s Leadership Conference 2005, Democratic
Women of Sierra Vista; keynote speaker at over 50 Arizona List house parties
between 2004-2007; several joint presentations with the Arizona WISH List to non-
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5. partisan women’s groups such as Girls Scouts and The Phoenix Soroptimists Club
“Seed and Early Stage Financing,” Idea Funding 2001 (Tucson, October 11, 2001).
“Seed Stage Funding,” Entrepreneurial Finance Class (Eller School of Business,
Tucson, October 11, 2001).
“Venture Capital Funds,” Financial Management Association (Eller School of
Business, October 11, 2001).
“Venture Capital Investing,” National Association of Women Business Owners
(Tucson, August 14, 2001).
“Legal Nuances of Licensing Inventions and Contract Negotiations,” Inventors
Association of Arizona (Tucson, June 5, 2001).
"Sexual Misconduct by Psychotherapists View From the Bar," The Fourth
International Conference on Sexual Misconduct by Psychotherapists, Other Health
Care Professionals, and Clergy (Boston, October 4, 1998).
"Lawyer-Client Sex and Divorce Cases: Clinical and Ethical Issues," 1997 American
Psychological Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, August 19, 1997).
"Ethics Committees. A Plaintiff's Lawyer's Perspective," 1997 American
Psychological Association Annual Meeting (Chicago, August 18, 1997)
"Boundary Issues in the Client-Staff Relationship. Sexual Abuse, Misconduct,
Exploitation and Legal Liability," Capitol Region Mental Health Authority (Hartford,
CT, April23, 1997).
"Boundary Issues in the Client-Staff Relationship: Sexual Abuse, Misconduct,
Exploitation and Legal Liability," Southeastern Mental Health Authority (Norwich,
CT, March 13, 1997).
"Sexual Misconduct by Psychotherapists. A Complete Legal View," 1996 American
Psychological Association Annual Meeting (Toronto, August 13, 1996).
"Litigating Sexual Misconduct Cases," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
(Boston, January 31, 1996).
"Tort Recovery in Professionals' Sexual Abuse Cases," 1995 Massachusetts Academy
of Trial Attorneys Annual Convention (Boston, October 26, 1995).
"Doctors in Court: A Survival Guide," Harvard Medical School Department of
Continuing Education (Boston, December 10, 1994).
"To Sue or Not To Sue. What Are Your Questions," TELL (Therapist Exploitation Link
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6. Line) Open Meeting (Boston, November 11, 1994).
"Ethics Town Hall Meeting Attorney-Client Sexual Contact," 1993 American Bar
Association Annual Meeting (New York City, August 6, 1993).
Miscellaneous
Lipman-Sutherland real estate investments (1986 to present)
Evaluated, financed, renovated, built various real estate projects in Cambridge, MA
and Tucson, AZ including Don Martin Apartments (Tucson), Ice House Lofts
(Tucson), House Mother Apartments (Tucson), Broadway Apartments (Cambridge)
Admitted to Massachusetts Bar, December, 1990; admitted to practice in Federal
Court, District of Massachusetts, June, 1991; admitted to Arizona Bar, September,
1999, admitted to practice before in Federal District Court, District of Arizona and
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted pro hac vice to practice in cases in New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Maine
Volunteer,
Commissioner, Pima County Workforce Investment Board (2013 to present)
Board member, StartUp Tucson (2012 to present)
Member, Desert Angels (technology investment group in Tucson, AZ)
Member, Southern AZ Leadership Council (September, 2013 to present)
Fellow, Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy (Spring 2013)
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, September, 1992 to 1995
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), Tucson, Pima County,
January 1999 to June 2000
Board member, SACASA, October, 1999 to 2004
Board member, Arizona Civil Liberties Union, November, 1999 to June 1,
2002, January 1, 2004 to 2005
Board member, Access Tucson, November, 2003 to 2004
President, TEMPO Tucson, Inc., August, 2002 to August, 2003; board
member, August 2003 to 2005
Member, AWLA, AWPC, EMILY’s List (Majority Council)
Member, Tucson Land Use Code (LUC) Committee (2009)
Mentor, Arizona Center for Innovation (2008 to present)
Board member, Tucson IDA (2009-2010)
Board member, Tucson Small, Minority and Women’s Business Council
(2010-13)
Ulpan volunteer at Kibbutz Degania Bet (1985)
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7. Line) Open Meeting (Boston, November 11, 1994).
"Ethics Town Hall Meeting Attorney-Client Sexual Contact," 1993 American Bar
Association Annual Meeting (New York City, August 6, 1993).
Miscellaneous
Lipman-Sutherland real estate investments (1986 to present)
Evaluated, financed, renovated, built various real estate projects in Cambridge, MA
and Tucson, AZ including Don Martin Apartments (Tucson), Ice House Lofts
(Tucson), House Mother Apartments (Tucson), Broadway Apartments (Cambridge)
Admitted to Massachusetts Bar, December, 1990; admitted to practice in Federal
Court, District of Massachusetts, June, 1991; admitted to Arizona Bar, September,
1999, admitted to practice before in Federal District Court, District of Arizona and
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted pro hac vice to practice in cases in New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Maine
Volunteer,
Commissioner, Pima County Workforce Investment Board (2013 to present)
Board member, StartUp Tucson (2012 to present)
Member, Desert Angels (technology investment group in Tucson, AZ)
Member, Southern AZ Leadership Council (September, 2013 to present)
Fellow, Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy (Spring 2013)
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, September, 1992 to 1995
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), Tucson, Pima County,
January 1999 to June 2000
Board member, SACASA, October, 1999 to 2004
Board member, Arizona Civil Liberties Union, November, 1999 to June 1,
2002, January 1, 2004 to 2005
Board member, Access Tucson, November, 2003 to 2004
President, TEMPO Tucson, Inc., August, 2002 to August, 2003; board
member, August 2003 to 2005
Member, AWLA, AWPC, EMILY’s List (Majority Council)
Member, Tucson Land Use Code (LUC) Committee (2009)
Mentor, Arizona Center for Innovation (2008 to present)
Board member, Tucson IDA (2009-2010)
Board member, Tucson Small, Minority and Women’s Business Council
(2010-13)
Ulpan volunteer at Kibbutz Degania Bet (1985)
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