{{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 | 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<ref>[https://archive.org/details/commencementexer1990brig/page/56 Brigham Young Academy (Class of 1990) Commencement, page 57]</ref> | 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)<br />Arizona State University (JD) }}
'''Adam Dorsey Driggs''' (born April 22, 1965)<ref>United States Public Records, 1970–2009 (Arizona, 2002–2006)</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="adam">{{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}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name=adam /> In February 2017, Driggs was appointed as a judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Driggs was the recipient of the 2010 Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<ref>{{cite web|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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="adam" /> Lenore Driggs is a justice of the peace for the Arcadia district in Phoenix.<ref>{{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=}}</ref>
==Elections== * 2014 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Kelli Butler and Libertarian Jim Iannuzo in the general election.<ref>{{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}}</ref> * 2012 Incumbent Driggs was unopposed in the Republican primary. Driggs defeated Democrat Eric Shelley in the general election.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * 2008 Driggs and Democrat Eric Meyer were elected to the 11th District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating Republican Jon Altmann.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> * 2006 Driggs and Don Hesselbrock defeated incumbent John Allen in an upset in the Republican primary.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In a second upset, Driggs and Democrat Mark Anthony Desimone defeated Hesselbrock in the general election.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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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] {{Authority control}}
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