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Last updated on May 16, 2008

The Pima County Attorney's Office represents you, the people, in the criminal justice system in Arizona. Our mission is to serve the public by protecting the personal rights of the people of Pima County to life, liberty and security by holding criminals accountable for unlawful violations of those rights.

Description:
We serve the public by carrying out our statutory duties to provide legal services and related functions in a manner that reflects a commitment to excellence and consciousness of the public trust that has been bestowed upon us.

We are the advocates for the state and for the people of Pima County. To perform this function effectively, we have three primary obligations:

To reduce crime and protect the public safety by holding criminals accountable for their conduct;

To assist victims and witnesses by treating them with compassion and respect and vigorously upholding their rights and minimizing the inconvenience and hardship associated with the crime;

By working proactively with the community, to reduce crime and protect residents, and to prevent children from becoming criminals in the first place.
Accomplishing our mission requires a sizeable, diverse and very hard-working group of employees. Our prosecutors handle both criminal and civil case. The 60 criminal attorneys handle about 5,200 cases a year. Since 1992, they have taken a higher percentage of felony cases to trial than any other County Attorney's Office in the state. We obtain convictions in 8 out of ten of these cases.

The Office also represents Pima County in civil cases. Our 20 attorneys save residents millions of dollars defending the county against lawsuits, making collections in bankruptcy court, litigating tax cases, and assessing fines and penalties in environmental cases.

In addition, the Office has developed programs that divert non-violent, first-time offenders into rehabilitation programs, collect restitution for victims and provide assistance for victims and witnesses of crimes. Finally, through a variety of initiatives -- ranging from truancy awareness to school violence prevention programs -- we work to keep crimes from occurring.

Contact person: Pat Wiedhopf, Volunteer/Intern Coordinator, (520) 740-4096, (email)
Office fax number: (520) 791-3946

Languages Spoken: English

Address:

32 North Stone, Suite 1400 Tucson, AZ 85701 (See a map)

Web Site: http://WWW.PCAO.PIMA.GOV

Directions:

We are located in the block of Stone & Congress in the Legal Services Building.

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