Adam Driggs
Adam Dorsey Driggs (born April 22, 1965) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist from Arizona serving as a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court. 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. 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. Career. In 1995, in his first trial after passing the bar, Driggs represented  Olympic athlete Ime Akpan in her appeal against the International Ametur Athletics Federation represented by David Pannick, Baron Pannick QC. Driggs has been a small business owner since 1997. He was a prosecutor for Maricopa County Attorney's Office from 1995–1997. 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. Driggs was the recipient of the 2010 Legislator of the Year Award from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 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.