Adam Driggs
{{Short description|American lawyer, politician, and judge}}
{{About|specific member of the Driggs family|the family itself|Driggs family}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Adam Driggs headshot 744KB fixed.jpg|
| name = Adam Driggs
| image name =
| office = Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court
| appointer = Doug Ducey
| term_start = February 2017
| term_end =
| state_senate1 = Arizona
| district1 = 28th
| term_start1 = January 10, 2011
| term_end1 = January 9, 2017
| preceded1 = Barbara Leff
| successor1 = Kate Brophy McGee
| state_house2 = Arizona
| district2 = 11th
| term_start2 = January 2, 2006
| term_end2 = January 10, 2011
| succeeded2 = Kate Brophy McGee
| party = Republican
| birth_name = Adam Dorsey Driggs[https://archive.org/details/commencementexer1990brig/page/56 Brigham Young Academy (Class of 1990) Commencement, page 57]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|04|22}}
| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Leonore Driggs
| children = 5
| father = John D. Driggs
| education = Brigham Young University (BA)
Arizona State University (JD)
}}
Adam Dorsey Driggs (born April 22, 1965)United States Public Records, 1970–2009 (Arizona, 2002–2006) is an American attorney, politician, and {{as of|2017|lc=y}}, 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
Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Driggs is the son of John D. Driggs. He has five siblings.{{Cite web|last=Wiles|first=Russ|title=Former Phoenix Mayor John Driggs dies at 87|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2014/12/11/phoenix-mayor-john-driggs-dies/20254017/|access-date=2021-01-19|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}} 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.{{cite web|title=Senator Adam Driggs Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66237/adam-driggs#.UHh-1bR9nww|accessdate=12 October 2012|publisher=Project Vote Smart}}
Career
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/75/applications/Maricopa/AdamDriggs-P.pdf |title=Application for Nomination to Judicial Office - Adam Driggs|website=www.azcourts.gov |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109113736/http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/75/applications/Maricopa/AdamDriggs-P.pdf |archive-date=9 January 2017 |url-status=dead}}
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. In February 2017, Driggs was appointed as a judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court.{{cite web|url=http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/02/13/governor-appoints-former-lawmaker-adam-driggs-as-judge/|title=Governor appoints former lawmaker Adam Driggs as judge|date=2017-02-13|agency=Associated Press|website=Arizona Capitol Times}}
Driggs was the recipient of the 2010 Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.{{cite journal|date=June 23, 2010|title=Rep. Adam Driggs Wins Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-229700360.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910232045/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-229700360.html|archive-date=September 10, 2016}} He was also chosen as the 2015 Arizona Capitol Times "Best Republican Senator" in their annual awards presentation.
Personal life
Driggs and his wife, Leonore, have five children. Lenore Driggs is a justice of the peace for the Arcadia district in Phoenix.{{cite web|last=Koehle|first=Angie|date=September 24, 2016|title=Mother of five, Leonore Driggs, on the fast track to the judge's bench|url=http://www.abc15.com/money/mother-of-five-leonore-driggs-on-the-fast-track-to-the-judges-bench|publisher=}}
Elections
- 2014 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Kelli Butler and Libertarian Jim Iannuzo in the general election.{{cite web |url= http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2014/General/Canvass2014GE.pdf|title= State of Arizona Official Canvass 2014 General Election November 4, 2014 |publisher= Secretary of State of Arizona |location= Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate= August 18, 2016}}
- 2012 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Eric Shelley in the general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2012 General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224125542/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2012/General/Canvass2012GE.pdf |archivedate=December 24, 2012 }}
- 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2010 General Election – November 2, 2010 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920230737/http://azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf |archivedate=September 20, 2013 }}
- 2008 Driggs and Democrat Eric Meyer were elected to the 11th District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jon Altmann.{{cite web|url=http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/Primary/Canvass2008PE.pdf |title=State of Arizona Official Canvass 2008 Primary Election – September 2, 2008 |publisher=Secretary of State of Arizona |location=Phoenix, Arizona |accessdate=August 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424062550/http://www.azsos.gov/election/2008/Primary/Canvass2008PE.pdf |archivedate=April 24, 2009 }}
- 2006 Driggs and Don Hesselbrock defeated incumbent John Allen in an upset in the Republican primary.{{cite web|url=http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2006/09/12/incumbent-defeated/|title=Incumbent defeated – Arizona Capitol Times|first=Arizona Capitol Reports|last=Staff|website=azcapitoltimes.com}} In a second upset, Driggs and Democrat Mark Anthony Desimone defeated Hesselbrock in the general election.{{cite web|url=http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2006/11/07/democrats-gain-unexpected-seat-in-ne-phoenix-district/|title=Democrats gain unexpected seat in NE Phoenix district – Arizona Capitol Times|first=Arizona Capitol Reports|last=Staff|website=azcapitoltimes.com}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015075318/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=11&Legislature=50&Session_ID=102 Arizona Senate – Sen. Adam Driggs] Official AZ Senate Site
- [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=66237 Project Vote Smart – Senator Adam Driggs (AZ)] profile
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Adam_Driggs Ballotpedia Page]
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