Justice Maria Elena Cruz officially took her seat on the Arizona Supreme Court during a special investiture ceremony held ...

The state’s highest court convened Thursday to hear oral arguments, leading to the honoring of the court’s newest justice, ...

Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena ... Yuma County Superior Court in 2008. Republican Gov. Doug Ducey named her to the Court of Appeals in 2017. “For many, this day is long overdue," Cruz ...

Justice Cruz grew up in Yuma, attended Kofa and Yuma high schools and Arizona Western College and later began her legal ...

Arizona Supreme Court Justice Maria Elena Cruz is a historic appointee made by Gov. Katie Hobbs. She is the first Latina and Black woman to be appointed and sworn in. She lives in Yuma with her ...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the post of Presiding Judge for Yuma County. She will start her job on March 25 and succeed Judge John Nelson ...

Maria Elena ... Cruz from a list of five nominees sent to her by the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments. Cruz has been a judge for two decades, working for the Cocopah Indian Tribe ...

If you've ever wondered what it's like to observe oral arguments before the Arizona Supreme Court, today is your chance in ...

A mother and her boyfriend face a murder charge after remains of a two-year-old boy were found in Yuma on Friday. Maria Elena Cruz, the sixth woman ever appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court ...

PHOENIX – Maria Elena ... Cruz who was just named as an Arizona Supreme Court Justice by @GovernorHobbs. Judge Cruz has served more than 20 years on Arizona’s courts—getting her start in ...