Joel A Larson
Judge Larson is a 1996 graduate of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona that same year. In 1999, he joined the Office of the Cochise County Legal Defender, handling juvenile delinquency and felony matters. Beginning in 2001, he was in private practice for four and a half years, handling a mixture of criminal, appellate, juvenile, domestic and federal matters. He rejoined the Office of the Legal Defender in 2005, handling numerous felony trial and appellate cases. He was the department head of that office for over ten years, handling administrative matters in addition to a regular caseload. Judge Larson was elected to Division One of the Cochise County Superior Court in November 2022. Judge Larson handles a mixture of felony, domestic and civil cases.
