Governor Doug Ducey appointed Greg Sakall to the Pima County Superior Court to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Carmine Cornelio.
Sakall has practiced at the personal injury law firm of Goldberg & Osborne LLP since 2004. Prior to entering private law practice, Sakall clerked for Judge William Browning and Judge Cindy Jorgenson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, for three years.
In addition to his law practice, Sakall has served as a Judge Pro Tempore for the Pima County Superior Court and as Chair of the Rules Committee of the Pima County Bar Association. Sakall has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona College of Law since 2004. Sakall also teaches an undergraduate course on the United States Supreme Court.
Sakall graduated summa cum laude from Hillsdale College in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Spanish. Sakall received his law degree from the University of Arizona College of Law in 2001, where he graduated summa cum laude and Order of the Coif. In law school, Sakall was Business Editor of the Arizona Law Review.
“Greg is an intelligent and impressive litigator, and has demonstrated his commitment to the citizens of Pima County. His service as an adjunct law professor at the University of Arizona College of Law for the last 13 years is especially impressive, given that he also maintains a busy law practice,” said Governor Ducey.