Total Credits: 3 CLE
Join Judges and Staff of Division Two of the Court of Appeals to learn about the appellate process, appellate advocacy, and recent changes to the special action rules.
Summary of Seminar:
Faculty from Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two:
Honorable Sean Brearcliffe
Honorable Lacey Gard
Honorable Michael Kelly
Lisa Howell, Clerk of the Court
Mac McCallum, Chief Staff Attorney
Crystal Brown, Staff Attorney
Moderator:
Crystal Brown, Staff Attorney
is a Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two and previously served as a Judge of the Pinal County Superior Court. Prior to her appointment, Lacey worked for 17 years at the Office of the Arizona Attorney General, serving most recently as Section Chief Counsel of the Capital Litigation Section. In that capacity, Lacey argued numerous capital cases in the state and federal appellate courts, and represented the State of Arizona in multiple post-conviction hearings. Lacey is also a former adjunct professor of legal writing at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. She began her career as a law clerk to Judge J. William Brammer, Jr., of the Arizona Court of Appeals. Lacey received her Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2003, and her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 2000.
Judge Kelly was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two, in 2022. Before his appointment, Judge Kelly was a partner at the Hollingsworth Kelly Law Firm from 2010 to 2022, where his practice focused on civil litigation and trial work. Prior to that, Judge Kelly served as a prosecuting attorney at the Pima County Attorney’s Office where he handled homicide and violent crime cases from 2004 to 2009. During his career as an attorney, Judge Kelly tried more than 100 civil and criminal jury trials. A native Tucsonan, he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance in 2001 and then received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 2004. Judge Kelly was a longtime volunteer attorney with Step Up to Justice and served on the Board of Directors for both Southern Arizona Legal Aid and the Tucson Village Farm before his appointment to the bench. He currently serves on the Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology.
Mac McCallum is the Chief Staff Attorney at Division Two of the State of Arizona Court of Appeals. He graduated from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2005 and served as a law clerk for Judge J. William Brammer, Jr., before joining the staff attorney team in 2010. Mr. McCallum has taught legal writing at the University of Arizona College of Law since 2011.
Crystal Brown-Ward has been a staff attorney at the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division II, for nearly five years. She previously clerked for Chief Judge Garye Vásquez at Division II and Judge Howard Hantman at the Pima County Superior Court. Crystal graduated from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, in May 2010 and served as the managing editor of the Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law. She also graduated from the University of Arizona in May 2006 with a bachelor of arts in political science and journalism. In her free time, Crystal enjoys spending time with her husband, their two young daughters, and their Goldendoodle puppies named London and Dublin.
