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Driggs has been a small business owner since 1997. He was a prosecutor for Maricopa County Attorney's Office from 1995 to 1997. He was also a clerk at a law firm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and later was an Attorney at Driggs Law Group. [4] In February 2017, Driggs was appointed as a judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court. [6]
For example, Maricopa County refers to its branch as "The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County." Since 2015, the Maricopa County Superior Court has included a specialized business court docket, known as the Commercial Court. The "Commercial Court is a specialty calendar within the Civil Department to resolve controversies that arise in ...
Maricopa County voters will see judges on their ballot from the state Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and the Maricopa County Superior Court.
Anita Lewis Chávez (1947): [4] [12] [13] Reputed to be the first Latino American female lawyer in Maricopa County, Arizona; Gloria Ybarra: [4] First Hispanic female to serve on the Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona (1985) Sarah D. Grant: [5] First female to serve as the Presiding Criminal Judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court
Cecil B. Patterson Jr. (1971): [4] [18] First African American male to serve on the Maricopa County Superior Court; Kevin Kane: [27] First openly LGBT male to serve on the Phoenix Municipal Court (2006) Raúl Héctor Castro (1949): [11] [12] [13] First Mexican American male to serve on the Superior Court of Pima County, Arizona (1959)
After same-day ballots, Maricopa County voters decided to retain three Arizona Supreme Court justices, five Court of Appeals judges and 44 Maricopa County judges.
Out of the 26 elected justices of the peace, nine are women, three are Black, five are Hispanic, one is Native American and two identify as LGBTQ.
She currently serves as a Judge pro tempore with the Maricopa County Superior Court in the civil, criminal and family divisions. [31] She served as a member of the City of Scottsdale Board of Adjustments for a six-year term. [32] She also volunteers with the Scottsdale Bar Association, where she is currently vice president. [33]