Adam Driggs
| Adam Driggs | |
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| Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court |
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Assumed office February, 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Doug Ducey |
| Member of the Arizona Senate from the 28th district |
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In office January 10, 2011 – January 9, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Barbara Leff |
| Succeeded by | Kate Brophy McGee |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 11th district |
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In office January 2, 2006 – January 10, 2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Kate Brophy McGee |
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| Born | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Leonore Driggs |
| Children | 5 |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Adam Driggs is a former Republican State Senator who represented the 28th district. Previously he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 11th District from 2007 until 2011. He is the former Chairman of the Arizona House Judiciary Committee.
Adam Driggs was the recipient of the 2010 Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He was also chosen as the 2015 Arizona Capitol Times' "Best Republican Senator" in their annual awards presentation.
Driggs is married to his wife Leonore and together they have 4 Children: Emily, J.R., Charlie, and Walter. Lenore Driggs is a Justice of the Peace for the Arcadia district in Phoenix.
Driggs received his BA in Economics from Brigham Young University in 1990 and his JD from Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Arizona State University in 1993.
Driggs has been a small business owner since 1997. He was a prosecutor for Maricopa County Attorney's Office from 1995-1997. He was also a clerk at a law firm in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil and later was an Attorney at Driggs Law Group. In February 2017, Driggs was appointed as a judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court.
In 1995, in his first trial after passing the bar, Driggs represented Olympic athlete Ime Akpan in her appeal against the International Ametur Athletics Federation represented by David Pannick, Baron Pannick QC.
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