Judge David Allen graduated from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona in 2004. As an attorney, he worked in both private practice and public service. He has had a varied career including transactional law, personal injury work, criminal defense, and prosecution experience ranging from misdemeanors to complex felony case litigation in the major crimes division of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

He was appointed as a Mesa Municipal Court Commissioner in 2020 assigned to the civil division. Judge Allen was appointed as a municipal magistrate in 2022 and currently oversees a criminal trial docket. Prior to his appointment in Mesa, Judge Allen served in other judicial roles as a Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore and as an Administrative Law Judge for the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Judge Allen has served on the board of the Arizona Black Bar (“ABB”) as vice president and as treasurer. He continues to serve as the Chairperson of the ABB Judicial Diversity and Mentoring Committee offering support and guidance to others seeking a career in the judiciary.

Dominic Gomez is a graduate of Arizona State University WP Carey Business School and law school graduate of Boston College Law School.

After law school, Mr. Gomez served as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Patricia K. Norris, Arizona Court of Appeals Division One.

Since entering practice, Mr. Gomez has been active and involved in the legal community. Mr. Gomez is a member of the Horace Rumpole Inn of Court and served as its Program Chair for multiple years. Mr. Gomez was also selected to the Bar Leadership Institute Program and, thereafter, Mr. Gomez has served on the Civil Jury Instructions Committee for multiple terms and has participated in numerous Civil Jury Instructions subcommittees.

Mr. Gomez worked for more than five years with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Legal Services Department, where he provided pro bono legal representation to the Tribe’s enrolled members. While at the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Mr. Gomez was nominated and recognized by his Supervisor to be in the running for the Tribe’s Employee of the Year.

Mr. Gomez is married to Shannon, has three children (Xavier, Santiago, and Luna), and volunteers as a Pony, Little League, and Club Baseball Coach.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is one of Arizona’s strongest consumer advocates and an attorney who has distinguished herself as a fighter for the people in her career of public service. Born and raised on a tree farm in Prescott, the Attorney General attended Arizona public schools before studying political science and journalism at ASU. She went on to become a reporter for the Arizona Republic and Phoenix Gazette before earning her Masters of Public Administration at Columbia University and her law degree from ASU. Attorney General Mayes served in a senior role with the Napolitano Administration in the early 2000’s before being appointed to the Arizona Corporation Commission. She went on to win two statewide elections and served as a Commissioner from 2003 - 2010 and was the Commission Chair from 2009 – 2010. She is the first mom and only second woman to serve as Attorney General.

Barry Wong, a lifelong Arizonan and native of Phoenix, has devoted his career to public service as a lawyer, government official and community leader. His career path led him from serving as a staffer at the Arizona House of Representatives then the State Senate to a lawyer practicing business and administrative law with an emphasis in legislative and government relations. Then as a corporate executive managing government relations for an international health care company. His interest in public policy led him to serving as an elected official in Arizona State Representative for north-central Phoenix for four terms (1993-2001), then as a Corporation Commissioner in 2006 - appointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy. His government service extended to the Executive Branch, most recently completing nearly eight years in the Ducey Administration as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Equal Opportunity.

Barry’s community volunteer service includes Board Chairman, Global Ties Arizona; Board Member, U.S. Marshals Posse; and Advisory Board Member and Founding Board Member and past president, Arizona Asian American Bar Association. He has served on the Arizona Supreme Court’s Character and Fitness Committee and the city of Phoenix’ Industrial Development Authority.

Barry holds degrees from The University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Juris Doctor, and Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business, Accounting, B.S., Magna Cum Laude.  And, a Certificate in Global Leadership, Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU.

Hon. David Allen II
Arizona Black Bar
Dominic Gomez
Hon. Kris Mayes
Barry Wong