Neumann Lecture

This event is open to the public, but be sure to REGISTER if attending: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/xkdwrbu Please join Peter Neumann and the College of Law in welcoming Mr. Butch Farabee as he presents the 2026 Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil Justice. Lunch will be available for registrants beginning at noon; the presentation will start at 12:15 p.m. Known in the field as the "Ranger's Ranger," Butch will share anecdotes from a colorful career brimming with lessons learned and a few acts regretted. UA and FBI Academy graduate Police officer Park ranger Deputy coroner Cliff rescues Under ice body recoveries Fighting fires Darting bears Starting IVs Giving CPR Mafia boss Bill Bonanno and cult leader Charles Manson A $150 million lawsuit ...all with a great many interesting photos! About Butch Farabee Butch grew up in Tucson, Arizona, and graduated from the University of Arizona in 1965 with a degree in zoology. He was on the Tucson Police Department for three years then worked for 35 years with the National Park Service (NPS), serving in 11 different park areas. He went from trail crew to field ranger and retired in 2000 as the Acting Superintendent of Glacier National Park. He then managed four Texas State Parks. Butch’s notable legal matter is as a defendant in his official capacity in a 1997 Fifth Circuit appellate case (Dunn-McCampbell Royalty Interest, Inc. v. National Park Service; Butch Farabee), which upheld the NPS’s regulatory authority over Padre Island National Seashore. Way back when, Butch was a very active caver, skydiver, pilot, mountaineer, kayaker and climber, and at 84 still scuba dives. He has published six books on search and rescue and park rangering. He is a graduate of the FBI Academy and has master’s in criminal justice. He is most proud, however, of his two sons and four grandchildren. About the Neumann Lecture Peter Chase Neumann Lecture on Civil Justice is a cornerstone of University of Arizona Law's Civil Justice Initiative, which seeks to elevate the American civil justice system and train the next generation of great trial lawyers. This lecture series is generously supported by and named for Arizona Law alumnus Peter Chase Neumann (’64).