Board of Governors

The State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors oversees the policy making and operations of the organization. The Board is comprised of 29 people: four non-attorney, public members; three at-large members and three district governors appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court; 16 attorney members elected by fellow Bar members in their district; and three ex-officio members (immediate past president/board advisor and the deans of Arizona's two law schools).

Official Board minutes are approved at the subsequent meeting.

Applications are now open and will close April 1, 2025 for the following positions:

Yavapai County District 2 (lawyer) Governor: 1 Position Open - Apply Here

Have their principal place of business in Yavapai County
Maintain their Active Member of the State Bar of Arizona designation throughout their term
Have been admitted to practice law before the Arizona Supreme Court and been an Active Member for at least five years
Have no record of disciplinary sanctions under Rule 60 for five years prior to applying
Abide by a Code of Conduct adopted by the Board of Governors
Not represent a party in any disciplinary matter or serve in such capacity for one year after the expiration of their Board service.

Public (non-lawyer) Governor: 2 Positions Open - Apply Here

The public governors must not be members of the State Bar and must not have, other than as consumers of legal services, a financial interest in the practice of law.
No more than two public governors may be from the same district.
No individual may serve more than two terms as a public governor

Submit your questions and/or application to Genna.Barela@staff.azbar.org

President
	Ted A. Schmidt Phone: 520.545.1670

President-Elect
	Samuel J. Saks Phone: 602.888.0725

Vice President
	Doreen N. McPaul Phone: 928.338.2537

Secretary-Treasurer
	Kelsi Lane Phone: 602.277.2010

Young Lawyers Division President
	Christina Poletti Phone: 480.710.1862

District 1 (Apache, Coconino, Mohave and Navajo Counties)
	David J. Johns Phone: 928.864.6224

District 2 (Yavapai County)
	VACANCY

District 3 (Gila, Graham, Greenlee Counties)
	Preston L. Pollock Phone: 928.402.1125

District 4 (Cochise County)
	D. Christopher Russell Phone: 520.458.7246

District 5 (Pima, Santa Cruz Counties)
	Louis Fidel Phone: 520.622.6900

	Amy Hernandez Phone: 520.209.1857 District 5 Governor (Supreme Court appointment)

District 6 (Maricopa County)
	Heather Baker-Mushkatel Phone: 623.889.0691
	Diandra Day Benally Phone: 480.789.7113

	Jena Decker-Xu Phone: 480.305.2843

	Robert J. McWhirter Phone: 480.980.0696

	John W. Moody Phone: 602.248.2900 District 6 Governor (Supreme Court appointment)

	David B. Rosenbaum Phone: 602.640.9345 District 6 Governor (Supreme Court appointment)
	Benjamin Taylor Phone: 602.403.0212 2023-2024 State Bar President and Current Board Advisor
	Chloé Woods Phone: 202.718.4573
District 7 (La Paz, Yuma Counties)
	Jimmie Dee Smith Phone: 928.783.7809

District 8 (Pinal County)
	Denis M. Fitzgibbons Phone: 520.426.3824

Ex-Officio Members
	Interim Dean Jason Kreag Phone: 520.621.1498

	Dean Stacy Leeds Phone: 480.965.6618


Public Governors (Supreme Court appointments)
	Robyn M. Austin Phone: 520-322-7401
	Cedric Dave Phone: 480.206.5537

	Mignonne Hollis Phone: 520.458.6948

	Cortez W. Smith Phone: 520.621.3373

At-Large Governors (Supreme Court appointments)
	Mike Baumstark Phone: 480.650.4995

	David K. Byers Phone: 602.452.3307