Adam D. Driggs

Senator Adam D. Driggs, has been practicing law since 1993 and joined the firm in 2014. He began his law career as a prosecutor for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. He then entered private practice and has successfully litigated several complex and high profile cases, both locally and internationally. His primary areas of expertise are federal immigration law, employment law, criminal law, and international sports law. He is fluent in Portuguese and proficient in Spanish.

He was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2006 and served two terms, where he was Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. In 2010, Driggs was elected to the Arizona State Senate where he is currently the Senate Majority Whip and has served as the Chairman of the Government and Military Affairs Committee. In 2010 Driggs was named the Arizona Chamber of Commerce’s Legislator of the Year and in 2012 he was named by the Arizona Technology Council as Senator of the Year.

He is a Phoenix native and fifth-generation Arizonan. His father, John Driggs, served two terms as Phoenix Mayor in the early 1970’s.  In his free time, Driggs enjoys climbing Camelback Mountain and spending time with his family in the White Mountains. He married the former Leonore Mortensen in 1998 and they have five children, Emily, J.R., Charlie, Walter and Olivia. He coaches youth football, basketball and baseball. The family also has a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Bo and an African Grey Parrot.