Lacey Alexandra Stover Gard

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.