Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the state Supreme Court. Cruz is an appeals court judge. She's the first Latina and first Black Arizonan to serve on the Arizona Supreme ...

Maria Elena Cruz. The Yuma native will officially be sworn in as the first Afro-Latina to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court. Cruz, who moved from Puerto Rico as a teenager, began her judicial ...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court Wednesday. Once she is formally appointed to the state's highest court, she will be ...

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PHOENIX – Maria Elena Cruz, who will be sworn in as the newest Arizona Supreme Court justice on Monday, didn’t set out to be a judge when she started her law career. “I thought that the work ...

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year. “Judge Maria Elena ...

Judge Maria Elena Cruz was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court by Gov. Katie Hobbs. Cruz will be the first Latina and Black person to serve on the state's highest court. Cruz replaces Justice ...

Judge Maria Elena Cruz was sworn into the Arizona Supreme Court by Gov. Hobbs on Feb. 3, 2025. Eagles GM Howie Roseman after getting wounded by beer at Super Bowl parade: 'I bleed for this city ...

Maria Elena Cruz, newly appointed Arizona Supreme Court Justice ... criminal defense attorney, a superior court judge in Yuma County and an appeals court judge since 2017. She also teaches ...

TUCSON, ARIZ. (KVOA) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday appointed Judge Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court, making her the first Latina and Black Arizonan to serve on the state’s ...