About Jess A.
Jess A. Lorona earned both her undergraduate and law degrees at Arizona State University, taking a continuous trail through research in felony justice. She finished a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice in 1979 and went directly to obtain her Juris Doctor in 1982. Those years framed an early curiosity in courtroom work and public service that has carried through an extended professional legal career.
She has practiced in Arizona for decades and keeps lively ties to the state’s legal network. She is a recent member of the State Bar of Arizona and belongs to several local and national professional organizations. Those affiliations variety from trial-targeted groups to felony-justice associations and extend into law school training and community-orientated bars.
Lorona’s profession consists of time at the bench in addition to at counsel’s table. She has served as a Judge Pro-Tem for the Hopi Tribal Court, handling things that required awareness to each procedural detail and the customs of a sovereign tribal judiciary. That experience gives her point of view on the overlap among state and tribal legal processes.
Her memberships mirror the variety of labor she has engaged in. She is lively in the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association and the Arizona College of Trial Advocacy, teams the place court practice and trial technique are central. She is likewise affiliated with Arizona Lawyers for Criminal Justice and the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Criminal Law Section, the place practitioners exchange views on criminal procedure and defense strategy. On a national level, she belongs to the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and she participates in organizations that connect regulation to education, which includes the National Education Association and the Arizona Education Association. She is likewise a member of the Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association.
Colleagues describe her as someone who moves easily among civil and criminal things, bringing courtroom experience and a knowing of trial advocacy to each case. Over the years she has balanced roles as recommend, temporary judge, and participating member of bar organizations that form practice standards in Arizona. Her background in felony justice from undergraduate thru law school offers a through-line to much of her work.
She practices through Lorona Mead, PLC, and appears in state and tribal venues. Her current practice addresses each criminal and civil legal proceedings, with an emphasis on trial advocacy and representation in state and tribal courts.
