Hon. Ashley FitzwilliamsDREAMY DRAW PRECINCT | Phone Number: (602) 372-7000
Ashley Fitzwilliams won election to the Dreamy Draw Justice Precinct in 2024 and took office in January, 2025.
Judge Fitzwilliams has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and History from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. After completing her degree, she worked as a legal assistant and paralegal in civil litigation firms in Los Angeles for several years. She relocated to Phoenix in 2014 and worked as a paralegal at the Goldwater Institute and then in a corporate legal department with J.P. Morgan Chase before attending Arizona State University's law school.
During law school, she was involved with the Women Law Students’ Association, the Law Journal for Social Justice, and MAJORS|AZ. She was also the ASU Law 2018-2019 Truman Young Prosecutorial Fellow, where she had the opportunity to intern at the city, state and federal prosecuting offices in the state, as well as conduct hearings and trials while still a student.
As an attorney, Fitzwilliams spent a year as a deputy county attorney with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. There she managed multiple caseloads and handled cases from pretrial to trial and through final disposition, including restitution hearings. At Altman Law + Policy, she handled criminal defense, corporate law, and other civil litigation and administrative matters.
In the real world, you can find Judge Fitzwilliams hiking a trail in Arizona, trying out a new recipe, or hanging with family and friends.