[1][2] Judge Case graduated cum laude from Harvard University with his Bachelor of Arts degree.
Later he graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University College of Law with his Juris Doctor.
[1][2][3] From 1975 to 1988, Case practiced with the law firm of Lewis and Roca in Phoenix.
Before his appointment in 1994 he was a member of the Phoenix law firm of Meyer, Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon, P.A., where he concentrated in bankruptcy, Chapter 11 reorganizations, secured transactions and commercial litigation.
He was also the President of the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges and a former member of the Board of the Harvard Alumni Association.