Adam Driggs

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Adam Driggs
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Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 2017
Appointed byDoug Ducey
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 28th district
In office
January 10, 2011 – January 9, 2017
Preceded byBarbara Leff
Succeeded byKate Brophy McGee
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 11th district
In office
January 2, 2006 – January 10, 2011
Succeeded byKate Brophy McGee
Personal details
BornAdam Dorsey Driggs[1]
(1965-04-22) April 22, 1965 (age 61)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseLeonore Driggs
Children5
Parent
EducationBrigham Young University (BA)
Arizona State University (JD)

Adam Dorsey Driggs (born April 22, 1965)[2] is an American attorney, politician, and as of 2017, a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. Driggs previously served in both chambers of the Arizona State Legislature.

Early life and education

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Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Driggs is the son of John D. Driggs. He has five siblings.[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Brigham Young University in 1990 and a Juris Doctor from Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 1993.[4]

Career

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In 1995, in his first trial after passing the bar, Driggs represented Olympic athlete Ime Akpan in her appeal against the International Amateur Athletics Federation represented by David Pannick, Baron Pannick QC.[5]

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]

Driggs was the recipient of the 2010 Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[7] He was also chosen as the 2015 Arizona Capitol Times "Best Republican Senator" in their annual awards presentation.

Personal life

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Driggs and his wife, Leonore, have five children.[4] Lenore Driggs is a justice of the peace for the Arcadia district in Phoenix.[8]

Elections

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  • 2014 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Kelli Butler and Libertarian Jim Iannuzo in the general election.[9]
  • 2012 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Eric Shelley in the general election.[10]
  • 2010 Driggs ran for the State Senate and defeated Rich Davis and Andrew Smigielski in the Republican primary and then defeated Democrat Rita Dickinson in the November 2 general election.[11]
  • 2008 Driggs and Democrat Eric Meyer were elected to the 11th District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jon Altmann.[12]
  • 2006 Driggs and Don Hesselbrock defeated incumbent John Allen in an upset in the Republican primary.[13] In a second upset, Driggs and Democrat Mark Anthony Desimone defeated Hesselbrock in the general election.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Brigham Young Academy (Class of 1990) Commencement, page 57
  2. ^ United States Public Records, 1970–2009 (Arizona, 2002–2006)
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