Judge Currently Seated

Lacey Stover Gard

Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two · Seated 2022

Portrait of Lacey Stover Gard
Education and employment

GARD, Lacey Stover, University of Arizona, 2000; J.D., University of Arizona, 2003; Law Clerk to Hon. J. William Brammer, Jr., Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. 2, 2003-2004; Office of the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Section, 2004-2007; Capital Litigation Section, 2007-2010; Unit Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, 2010-2015; Deputy Solicitor General/Section Chief Counsel of Capital Litigation, 2015-2021; Judge, Arizona Superior Court in Pinal County, 2021-2022; Arizona Court of Appeals, 2022-present. Resident of Pinal County.

Judicial record

30 opinions where Lacey Stover Gard sat on the panel, spanning 2023–2026.

12 Majority authored
15 Joined majority
3 Dissents

By court

  • Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 28
  • Ariz. 1
  • Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 9
  • Vacated 7
  • Granted 5
  • Denied 3
  • Mixed 3
  • Reversed 2
  • Remanded 1

Panel votes per year

How Lacey Stover Gard's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Clint Bolick for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 10 20 30 40 50 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2023: 8 votes — Lacey Stover Gard 2024: 8 votes — Lacey Stover Gard 2025: 10 votes — Lacey Stover Gard 2026: 4 votes — Lacey Stover Gard 2016: 13 votes — Clint Bolick 2017: 26 votes — Clint Bolick 2018: 34 votes — Clint Bolick 2019: 19 votes — Clint Bolick 2020: 39 votes — Clint Bolick 2021: 32 votes — Clint Bolick 2022: 44 votes — Clint Bolick 2023: 30 votes — Clint Bolick 2024: 35 votes — Clint Bolick 2025: 34 votes — Clint Bolick 2026: 36 votes — Clint Bolick
  • Lacey Stover Gard
  • Clint Bolick

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Lacey Stover Gard sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2 CA-CV 2025-0286 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 1 2026-11-03 Affirmed Marvin Carter II v. Bnsf Railway Company
2 CA-CR 2025-0136 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2026-09-04 Vacated and remanded State of Arizona v. Erick Antonio Diliz
2 CA-SA 2026-0011 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2026-06-12 Denied Karolina Barrera v. Sedona Pointe LLC.
2 CA-CR 2024-0106 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2026-01-09 Reversed State of Arizona v. Damrrion Jacquis Matthews
2 CA-SA 2025-0077 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-12-22 Remanded State of Arizona v. Michael Martin Creel
2 CA-CV 2025-0080 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-11-05 Vacated and remanded JOSEPH E. TERBORG v. TOWN OF PAYSON
2 CA-CV 2024-0366 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-07-11 Affirmed In Re the Estate of Jamie Leandra Bixby
2 CA-CV 2024-0095-FC Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-06-19 Affirmed In Re the Marriage of Duvall
CV-24-0102-PR Ariz. 2025-04-16 Affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded Dominguez v. Dominguez
2 CA-CV 2024-0241 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-03-06 Reversed and remanded Republican National Committee; Republican Party of Arizona v. Adrian Fontes; Vo…
2 CA-CV 2023-0197 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-03-03 Affirmed Michael K. Reilly and Sierra Pipeline, LLC v. Philip L. Canale and Terra Canale
2 CA-CV 2023-0205 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-01-22 Vacated and remanded Rachelle Renee Westerman, Paul Bryan Westerman v. Timothy E. Ernst
2 CA-SA 2024-0069 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-01-15 Vacated Cecily Sierra Scott v. Jeffry Bryan Bronstein
2 CA-CV 2023-0184 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2025-01-03 Affirmed in part; vacated in part and remanded Sierra Club v. Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
2 CA-SA 2024-0037 Ariz. Ct. App. Div. 2 2024-10-30 Denied State of Arizona v. Hon. James Marner; Hanees Mohamed Haniffa