M June Harris

is an Assistant Attorney General at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. She has served as a Hearing Officer and Judge Pro Tempore for the Arizona Superior Court in Pima County. She is a Member-at-Large on the State Bar’s Indian Law Section Executive Committee. She served as Special Counsel for the Tohono O’odham Judicial Branch for 15 years. There, she advised and represented the Branch on a variety of administrative and legal matters ranging from employment issues to judicial ethics and points in between. She initiated and published Tohono O’odham case law and rules of court, and prosecuted judges for judicial misconduct. She has extensive experience in tribal law, serving as a tribal prosecutor for the White Mountain Apache Tribe and as a public defender for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, as well as juvenile, guardianship, and adoption matters on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Ms. Harris published articles in the Arizona Attorney regarding tribal practice, and presented on access to justice in rural Arizona, as well as professional responsibility. She graduated from Smith College with an B.A. in English and holds her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law.