Lori Ann Zucco

Lori Zucco began her legal career in Tucson after graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1996. After a brief stint in private practice criminal defense, she served as a City of Tucson Deputy Public Defender for seven years, handling a voluminous DUI caseload including dozens of jury trials.

In 2004 Ms. Zucco answered an online advertisement for a “Prosecutor in Paradise” and moved to the Republic of Palau in Micronesia, where she served as an Assistant Attorney General/Felony Criminal Prosecutor for four years. During that time, she participated in many international law conferences throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands on topics such as anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering. She also attended an Australian Director of Public Prosecution conference in Adelaide, Australia, comparable to our APAAC Summer Conference.

After re-patriating to the United States, Ms. Zucco moved to Bisbee in 2009 and joined the Cochise County Attorney’s Office as a Deputy County Attorney in the felony General Crimes Unit. In 2018 she was promoted to Chief Criminal Deputy, and in 2024 she was elected Cochise County Attorney. During her career with the Cochise County Attorney’s Office, she has handled some of the most serious, high-profile cases and has been nominated for APAAC’s Felony Prosecutor of the Year Small Jurisdiction Award four times.

Ms. Zucco serves on the Executive Board of the Cochise County Bar Association as the Immediate Past President and was the Co-Chair of the 2025 Arizona State Bar Convention.