Ted Stuart Reed

Coconino County Superior Court, Division 1, Judge Ted S. Reed was raised on a homestead in a small community in rural Alaska. He came to Flagstaff to attend Northern Arizona University, where he graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Judge Reed continued his education at the University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, where he was an editor of the Utah Law Review and published several articles. Judge Reed graduated at the top of his law school class, summa cum laude, and Order of the Coif. Upon graduating from law school, Judge Reed worked as a felony prosecutor at the Coconino County Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted cases ranging from drug offenses to sex crimes and homicides. He was the designated prosecutor for the METRO Narcotics Task Force and for child abuse and molestation cases. After four years as a prosecutor, he went into private practice by creating the law firm of Reed, Antol, Hance, P.C. in Flagstaff. While in private practice, he focused on criminal defense and family law cases. He served as a contract public defender in Coconino, Mohave and Yavapai Counties, representing clients in all types of criminal and juvenile delinquency cases. He also served as an attorney in the Family Law Assistance Program, providing free legal assistance to self-represented litigants in all types of family law cases.
Judge Reed taught criminal procedure, criminal law, evidence, mock trial, and constitutional law at NAU from 2005 through 2009 in the Department of Criminal Justice and the U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement Academy. Judge Reed also served as secretary and vice-president of the Coconino County Bar Association in 2009 and 2010. In January 2011, Judge Reed was appointed as full time Judge Pro Tempore for Superior Court in Coconino County, Division 6. His caseload included family law, juvenile delinquency, and Coconino County Recovery Court. Judge Reed was elected to serve as Superior Court Judge, Division 1, beginning January 2019. His caseload includes criminal, civil, probate, and Coconino County Recovery Court. Judge Reed was appointed as Presiding Judge for Coconino County beginning January 2024. Judge Reed is the chair of the Coconino County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.