Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Romley was elected Maricopa County attorney in 1989. One of his highest publicized cases was his prosecution of the AzScam scandal of the early 1990s. [citation needed] In 2002, he initiated an investigation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and its part in the Catholic sex abuse cases, that led to an admission of wrongdoing by the then-Bishop Thomas O'Brien.
Robert K. Corbin (born November 17, 1928) is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Arizona who formerly served as Attorney General of Arizona. He later served as president of the National Rifle Association of America from 1992 until 1993.
Rachel Hope Mitchell (born 1967) [1] is an American attorney serving as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona since April 2022. She was appointed to the position following the resignation of Allister Adel and won the 2022 special election. [2]
Gary K. Nelson (July 12, 1935 – May 17, 2013) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1968 to 1974. [1] Appointed to the court of appeals, Nelson is the only appellate judge in Arizona history to not be retained by the voters.
Jenna Lynn Ellis (born November 1, 1984) [1] is an American conservative lawyer who was a member of Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign's legal team. She is a former deputy district attorney in Weld County, Colorado.
Andrew Peyton Thomas (born 1966) is an American politician, author and former attorney. [1] He was the county attorney for Maricopa County in Arizona from 2004 until April 6, 2010. [2]
William Gerard Montgomery (born March 2, 1967) is an American attorney who has served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court since September 2019. [2] He previously served as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona from 2010 to 2019.
1936 – Joseph C. Padilla becomes the first Hispanic lawyer in Arizona. 1948 – Hayzel Burton Daniels is the first African American to graduate from the University of Arizona Law School and be admitted to the State Bar of Arizona. 1950 – The Arizona Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the State Bar Act.