Kellie L. Johnson

Professional career

Education

Additional information

• Election: Retained in the November 5, 2024 retention election with 65% of the vote
• Natalie Dominique Hammond et al. (Mar 18, 2024)
• Kellie L. Johnson is the Associate Presiding Judge for Division 26 of the Pima County Superior Court in Arizona, appointed in 2017 and confirmed in a 2024 retention election.
• Appointed: June 12, 2017, by Governor Doug Ducey to replace the late Hon. Kenneth C. Stanford
• She has tried over 150 jury trials and received state and national awards for trial advocacy, including the Arizona State Bar’s Michael C. Cudahy Criminal Justice Award in 2015.
• Division or bench: Superior Court, Criminal
• Directory division: 26
• Position: Associate Presiding Judge, Criminal Division
• Capital Case Oversight Committee
• Julian Ranch Community Association, Inc. v.
• Commission on Victims in the Courts
• Advisory Committee on the Rules of Evidence
• Criminal Rules Task Force
• Before joining the bench, Johnson served over 20 years as Chief Deputy County Attorney for the Criminal Division of the Pima County Attorney’s Office.
• She prosecuted felony and misdemeanor cases, including homicide, violent crime, domestic violence, property crime, narcotics, and gang-related offenses.