Patricia A Green
Commissioner/Judge Pro Tem
Pima County Superior Court
Honorable Patricia Green is a Commissioner/Judge Pro Tem for the Arizona Superior Court in Pima County. Appointed in May 2012, she is currently assigned to the Family Law Bench, handling IV-D child support matters. Prior to being appointed to the Bench, Pat was a Shareholder with the Tucson law firm of Waterfall, Economidis, Caldwell, Hanshaw & Villamana, P.C., having joined the firm in August of 1998. Pat practiced primarily in the areas of family law and appellate law. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, the Pima County Bar Association, and the Arizona Minority Bar Association. Pat has served on the Executive Council of the State Bar’s Family Law Section (2003 to 2016; Chair 2010-2011). She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Pima County Bar Association (2005-2007), the State Bar of Arizona Board of Governors (2000-2002), the State Bar Committee on Minorities and Women in the Law (1997-1999 and 2002-2008), the State Bar Committee on Family Law Rules of Practice and Procedure (2009-2011), and the Morris K. Udall Inn of Court (1996-1999, 2011-2013). Before joining Waterfall, Economidis, Pat completed a two-year term as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Hon. William E. Druke (retired) and the Hon. M. Jan Flórez (retired), Division Two of the State of Arizona Court of Appeals (1996-1998).
Pat holds a Juris Doctorate (1996) from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, and she was the Managing Editor of the Arizona Law Review from 1995-96. Pat received her Bachelor of Arts Degree (1976) from the University of Pennsylvania. Pat has been the recipient of several honors in the Tucson community, including: NAACP Honoree, 95th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet (October 2014); Tucson-Southern Arizona Black Chamber of Commerce Most Influential African Americans (2012 and 2013); YWCA Woman on the Move Honoree (February 2011); Volunteer Lawyers Program Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (February 2010 and June 2004); University of Arizona Women’s Plaza of Honor, Outstanding Leader in Law (April 2008). Pat was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has three children, Lauren, Lorenzo and Christienne, six granddaughters, Jurnee, Lailah, Lael, Karsten, Diana and Caelan, and three grandsons, Lorenzo IV, Elijah and Lyric. Pat is married to Leroy Hunter, Jr., a native Tucsonan.
