Governor Ducey Makes New Appointments to Superior Courts
PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey right now introduced the appointment of Danielle Kamps Fixed to the Pima County Superior Courtroom and Darci Weede to the Yuma County Superior Courtroom.
“I’m delighted to nominate Danielle and Darci to their respective courts in Pima and Yuma counties,” mentioned Governor Ducey. “Danielle’s broad expertise in the private and non-private sectors will profit the courtroom vastly and permit her to rapidly take to the job. Darci’s intensive expertise, together with civil, legal, and household legislation reveal her robust work ethic and talent to serve Yuma County effectively.”
Danielle Kamps Fixed, Pima County Superior Courtroom
The emptiness on the Pima County Superior Courtroom was created by the retirement of Decide Deborah Bernini.
Danielle Kamps Fixed is at the moment the managing accomplice of the Jennings Strouss & Salmon Tucson workplace, and has been with the agency since 2017. Along with being managing accomplice, Danielle practices civil litigation with an emphasis on eminent area and actual property litigation. She additionally handles authorities company protection, insurance coverage protection, employment and household legislation issues. Danielle additionally serves as a Decide Professional Tem for the Pima County Superior Courtroom.
Previous to becoming a member of Jennings Strouss & Salmon, Danielle was a civil litigator at Gust Rosenfeld. Danielle’s profession additionally contains substantial time in public service as a prosecutor on the Pima County Lawyer’s Workplace. For 12 years she dealt with felony and misdemeanor jury trials, evidentiary hearings, bench trials and different proceedings. Throughout this time she was named Felony Prosecutor of the Yr by the Southern Arizona Chapter of Moms In opposition to Drunk Driving.
An lively member of her neighborhood, Danielle serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Salvation Military of Southern Arizona and volunteers for professional bono circumstances by her agency. Since 2017, she has served as a choose for legislation faculty competitions, repeatedly mentoring college students.
Danielle obtained her bachelors diploma in historical past from Dordt College in Iowa in 1999 earlier than graduating from the College of Arizona Faculty of Legislation in 2002.
Darci Weede, Yuma County Superior Courtroom
The emptiness on the Yuma County Superior Courtroom was created by the approval of a brand new division by the Yuma County Board of Supervisors. Underneath the Arizona Structure, judges of the Superior Courtroom in counties with a inhabitants of lower than 250,000 individuals are elected by the voters. When a emptiness happens, the emptiness is stuffed by gubernatorial appointment till candidates can qualify for the following common election.
Darci Weede at the moment serves as a full-time Decide Professional Tem within the Yuma County Justice Courtroom Precinct One. She presides over all misdemeanor legal issues, together with bench and jury trials and all motions filed. Darci additionally handles some felony preliminary appearances, order of safety hearings and civil issues.
Previous to her present place, Darci labored as a non-public legal professional on the legislation agency of Mary Okay. Boyte and served as an Assistant Lawyer Basic with the Arizona Lawyer Basic’s Workplace Protecting Companies and Little one Assist Enforcement Sections earlier than changing into a Supervising Lawyer for the Little one Assist Enforcement Part.
Darci additionally labored on the Yuma County Lawyer’s Workplace for roughly two years the place she prosecuted misdemeanor and felony legal issues. All through her profession as an legal professional she appeared in additional than 5,000 civil and legal circumstances. She has additionally served on the Advisory Committee on the Guidelines of Proof since 2019.
Darci’s service to her neighborhood is just not restricted to the courtroom. She is a member of the Yuma Optimist Membership and concerned in each the Lady Scouts and Yuma 4-H.
Darci graduated from Arizona State College with a level in Justice Research. She obtained her legislation diploma from Tempo College College of Legislation in White Plains, New York. Darci has resided in Yuma together with her household for greater than 17 years.
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