RECEPTION WELCOMING ARIZONA'S NEWEST SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
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THE HONORABLE
ANDREW W. GOULD |
THE HONORABLE
JOHN R. LOPEZ IV |
THE UNIVERSITY CLUB, 39 E. MONTE VISTA, PHOENIX 85004
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017 5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Please register by Thursday, May 11, 2017
Please join us as we welcome the Arizona's two newest justices.
Justice Andrew W. Gould was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2017 after serving 5 years on Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals. Prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeals, Justice Gould spent 11 years as a Judge of the Superior Court in Yuma County, where he served as both Associate Presiding Judge and Presiding Judge. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1990. He began his legal career in Phoenix, Arizona, practicing in the field of civil litigation. In 1994, he became a Deputy County Attorney, prosecuting major criminal cases for Yuma and Maricopa Counties. He served as Chief Civil Deputy for the Yuma County Attorney’s Office from 1999-2001. Justice Gould has previously served on the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology, as the President of the Arizona Judges’ Association, and has taught at the Judicial Conference and New Judge Orientations. Justice Gould currently sits as the Chair on the Committee on Judicial Ethics and Training and as a member of the Glendale Judicial Selection Board.
Justice John R. Lopez IV was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2017. Prior to his appointment, he was Solicitor General for the State of Arizona in the Office of Attorney General where he handled civil lawsuits and appeals, as well as criminal appeals, including capital cases. He worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix for over 12 years serving in various roles, including Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief Assistant of the Phoenix office, Chief of Financial Crimes and Public Integrity Section, and Deputy Appellate Chief. He also served for six months in Iraq as a legal advisor with the Regime Crimes Liaison Office, the Department of Justice-led group tasked with assisting the Iraqi government with the prosecution of Saddam Hussein. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he worked in private practice with a Phoenix law firm as a civil litigator for several years. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1992, and from the Arizona State University College of Law in 1998.
Registration for this event is free, but is limited to current AWLA members and members of the judiciary only.