Young Lawyer Division Officers 2025-2026
President: Samantha Ansinelli
President-Elect: Travis Ivy
Treasurer: Brooke Lee Routt
Secretary: Harry Rubin
Past President: Andrew Whitehill
The Pima County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (YLD) is a group of attorneys who have been in practice less than 5 years and/or are under the age of 36. By joining the Pima County Bar you are automatically a member of the YLD at no additional cost. In addition to membership in the Young Lawyers Division, PCBA membership affords opportunities for networking, professional growth and a myriad of community service programs in which you can participate.
Although the PCBA YLD is a division of the Pima County Bar Association, it is governed by its own Board of Directors. The Board meets on a monthly basis. ALL YOUNG LAWYERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND THE MONTHLY YLD BOARD MEETINGS. For more information, please contact the YLD President. Information about upcoming programs are sent to ALL young lawyers. To be a member of the PCBA YLD, one must be a current member of the Pima County Bar Association.
YLD HOLIDAY PARTY: Every December, YLD hosts a holiday party for local foster children, working with the Arizona Children's Association. Funds are raised to provide gifts to all the participating children.
ANNUAL JUDICIAL RECEPTION: Each year, when the Arizona Supreme Court has oral arguments in Tucson, the YLD hosts a judicial reception honoring our judiciary and giving new lawyers an opportunity to meet our local judges, federal judges and Supreme Court justices. Young lawyers, Judges and sponsors are invited to attend.
YLD TRAVEL: The PCBA Young Lawyers Division affords travel opportunities for YLD members to attend various ABA meetings including the Annual Meeting, Regional Conferences and Workshops. This not only gives our new lawyers an opportunity to network, but gives them a look at what's going on in other local Associations.
YLD PAST PRESIDENTS
| 1985 Hon. KC Stanford | 1999 Kathleen M. Rogers | 2013 Robert W. Fischer, III | ||
| 1986 Harriette Levitt | 2000 Keri Silvyn | 2014 Dennis Bastron | ||
| 1987 Betty Jo Cather | 2001 Steve Portell | 2015 Sara LaFontain | ||
| 1988 James A. Whitehill | 2002 Jeff H. Jacobson | 2016 Jessica Ruiz | ||
| 1989 Pamela Treadwell-Rubin | 2003 Susanne Gardner | 2017 Jason Simon | ||
| 1990 David A. Vasquez | 2004 Anne Elsberry | 2018 Kimberly Earp | ||
| 1991 Patrick Broom | 2005 Abbe Goncharsky | 2019 Melissa San Angelo | ||
| 1992 Luis Ochoa | 2006 Diana L. Kanon-Ustariz | 2020 Christopher Gast | ||
| 1993 Hon Catherine M. Woods | 2007 Amy Hernandez | 2021 Christopher Gast & Cathleen Henniges | ||
| 1994 Jennifer Dubay | 2008 Eric McNeilus | 2022 Cathleen Henniges | ||
| 1995 Elizabeth Bushell | 2009 Maricela Meza | 2023 Cindy Nguyen | ||
| 1996 Hon. Danelle Liwski | 2010 Jeff Baxter | 2024 Andrew Whitehill | ||
| 1997 Jeffrey Silvyn | 2011 Annie Rolfe | 2025 Andrew Whitehill | ||
| 1998 Michael Capp | 2012 Mark Heckele |
For more information about the American Bar Association YLD, go to www.abanet.org/yld/home.html.
For more information about the State Bar of Arizona YLD, visit www.azbar.org/for-lawyers/communities/young-lawyers-division/
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