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New Yavapai Presiding Judge Appointed

County Judge David L. Mackey

Sedona AZ (December 15, 2010) – Supreme Court Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch has appointed the Honorable David L. Mackey as the new Presiding Judge in Yavapai County, Arizona. He will replace Judge Robert Brutinel, who was recently appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to the Arizona Supreme Court.

“Judge Brutinel has served the people of Yavapai County with dedication and honor for many years.  We thank him for his service and look forward to welcoming him as a colleague on the Supreme Court,” stated Chief Justice Berch. “Judge Mackey, who will become the new Presiding Judge in Yavapai County Superior Court is also a highly respected jurist who will carry on the tradition of excellent leadership.”

Judge Mackey is an Arizona native and attended Northern Arizona University, where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors. He attended the University of Arizona, School of Law and received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1982.

He was admitted to the Arizona and Federal Bar in 1983 and began the general private practice of law in Tucson. He moved to Prescott in 1986 and continued in private practice until joining the Yavapai County Attorney’s Office in 1988. He was a trial attorney with the County Attorney’s Office for thirteen years and a supervising trial attorney for his last six years with the County Attorney’s Office.

In December 2001, Governor Hull appointed Judge Mackey to Division 1 of the Yavapai County Superior Court. Since his appointment, Judge Mackey has served as a Judge in both Yavapai County’s Verde Valley Judicial District and Prescott Courthouse. He was elected to serve a four-year term in November 2002 and re-elected in 2006 and again in 2010.

He has presided over probate, civil, domestic, criminal, and juvenile cases and currently presides over civil, probate, and domestic cases. He serves as Presiding Judge of the Conciliation Court, where he oversees marriage counseling services and mediation services for people involved in domestic relations cases in Yavapai County.

Judge Mackey has been appointed to serve on numerous state-wide committees, including a Probate Rules Committee in 2006, the Supreme Court’s Committee on Superior Court, and earlier this year, the Supreme Court’s Committee on Improving Judicial Oversight and Processing of Probate Court Matter.

Judge Mackey served as a faculty member for the 2007 Judicial Conference and General Jurisdiction New Judge Orientation, teaching other judicial officers about probate issues.  He was a faculty member for the National Business Institute’s fall 2009 seminar entitled, “What Civil Court Judges Want You to Know” and the spring 2010 seminar entitled “What Probate Court Judges Want You to Know.”

Mackey has been an active member in the community volunteering for various organizations, including the Prescott YMCA and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. He is currently a member of the Prescott Sun Up Rotary Club.

Judge Mackey is married to Peggy and they have three children.

For more information about the Yavapai Superior Court, visit www.co.yavapai.az.us/supct.aspx. For more information about the Arizona Supreme Court, visit www.azcourts.gov.

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