Judge Suzanne NICHOLLS
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Current Assignment:
Family
Department Phoenix |
Department: Family CourtYear: 5/2020Location: Phoenix |
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 |
- Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, 2008, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, 2000, Arizona State University
- 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)
- 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)