Lacey Alexandra Stover Gard

Judge Lacey Gard was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two, in 2022. She previously served as a Pinal County Superior Court Judge, where she was assigned to a civil rotation.

Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Gard worked for the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for 17 years, most recently serving as a Deputy Solicitor General and Chief Counsel of the Capital Litigation Section. In that capacity, she supervised the State of Arizona’s appellate litigation in all death-penalty cases statewide, including direct appeals, state post-conviction proceedings, and federal habeas corpus proceedings. She also supervised the State’s litigation in non-capital federal habeas corpus cases. She previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Section, and began her legal career as a law clerk to Judge J. William Brammer, Jr., on Division Two. Judge Gard has served on various Arizona Supreme Court and State Bar Commissions and committees, has taught advanced legal writing and appellate advocacy at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and was a frequent faculty member for state and national trainings in the areas of criminal law, capital sentencing, appellate advocacy, and federal habeas corpus. Judge Gard graduated summa cum laude and with honors in 2000 from the University of Arizona, receiving a B.A. in Political Science. She received her J.D. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2003.