Judge Leonore Driggs

Leonore Driggs was elected Justice of the Peace for the Arcadia-Biltmore precinct in November, 2016 and took office in January, 2017. In June 2021 her peers on the Bench elected her as Associate Presiding Judge.

With that responsibility, she chairs the Professional Standards and Policy committee for the Justice Courts and is a member of the Best Practices and Pro Tem/Hearing Officer/Mediator committees. She is also a board member of the Judicial College of Arizona and the Committee on Limited Jurisdiction Courts, both of which focus on improving the quality of justice, access to justice and the courts and efficiency in limited jurisdiction courts.

Judge Driggs grew up in East Phoenix, attending Camelback High School and graduating Summa Cum Laude from ASU. She has been a school teacher, piano teacher, small business owner, worked in the legal field and for U.S. Senator Jeff Flake on local, state and national issues.

Driggs’ role model is the late Sandra Day O’Connor, a longtime family friend and supporter. Judge Driggs and her husband Adam live in the Arcadia area with their five children, two dogs, and other assorted pets.

Besides spending time with her family, she loves to exercise, was an avid runner, having completed three full marathons as well as numerous other races and loves arts and crafts such as quilting, knitting, crocheting and mixed media art projects. She also loves her job. She enjoys the comradery amongst her fellow bench members as well as the staff members of all of the courts she has gotten to know. The Maricopa County Justice Courts and everyone involved with them have become a giant extension of her family.