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Current Assignment:
Criminal
Department
Phoenix
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Assignment History:
Department:
Criminal
Year:
6/2023
Location:
Phoenix
Department:
Family Court
Year:
5/2020
Location:
Phoenix
Work History:
2020 - Present:
Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court
2015 - 2020:
Deputy Public Advocate, Maricopa County Office of the Public Advocate
2014 - 2015:
Assistant Attorney General, Arizona Attorney General's Office, Child & Family Protection Division
2012 - 2014:
Associate Attorney, Byrne & Benesch, PC
2009 - 2012:
Assistant Attorney General, Arizona Attorney General's Office, Criminal Appeals Division
2008 - 2009:
Associate Attorney, Kunz, Plitt, Demlong & Kleifield
2007 - 2007:
Law Clerk, California Attorney General's Office, Criminal Law Division, Appeals, Writs & Trials Section
2007 - 2007:
Judicial Extern to the Honorable Donn Kessler, Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. 1
2007 - 2007:
Law Clerk, United States Attorney's Office, Civil Division
2006 - 2006:
Law Clerk to then Presiding Judge Andrew W. Gould, Yuma County Superior Court
1998 - 2005:
Bodily Injury Claim Team Leader, Progressive Insurance
Education:
- Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, 2008, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, 2000, Arizona State University
Committees/Associations:
- Supreme Court of the United States Bar (2019 - Present)
- State Bar of Arizona (2009 - Present)
- State Bar of California (2008 - Present)
- American Bar Association (2018 - 2019)
- Arizona Women's Lawyers Association (2020 - present)
- Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court (2019 - present)
- Yuma County Bar Association (2012 - 2015)
- Mediation Workgroup, Maricopa County Superior Court, Juvenile Division (2017 - 2020)
Community Involvement:
- Attorney Panelist, CODY (Court Ordered Dependent Youth Program), CASA of Maricopa County (2017 - 2020)
- Attorney Panelist, HOPE (Helping Other Parents Engage Class), Parents for Parents (2018 - 2020)
- Competition Judge, Arizona State University Moot Court various competitions (2015 - 2018)
- Recipient, Arizona Public Defender Association Outstanding Performance Award (2017)
- Recipient, Real Women of Chandler's Award , Chandler Lifestyle Magazine (2017)
- Report Writer, South West Arizona Town Hall (2014, 2018)
- Recorder and Report Writer, Arizona Town Hall (2014)
- Yuma Rotary Group (2013 - 2015)
- Soroptomist International of the Kachinas (West Valley) (2010 - 2012)
- Publication: Responding to the Cries of the Innocent: Holding Non-Offending Parents Criminally Responsible for Failing to Protect the Abused Child, 30 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 309 (2007)