Dave Cole

Retired Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court; of Counsel, Poli, Moon, and Zane, PLLC

Arizona Attorney General's Office

Dave Cole, who currently serves in an "of counsel" capacity at the law firm of Poli, Moon, and Zane, was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1976. He has served in a number of capacities and places, including the Pima and Maricopa County Attorney's Offices, the Office of the Attorney General (first as an AAG and later as Solicitor General), and as Clerk of the Court for the Arizona Supreme Court. He served on the Maricopa County Superior Court bench from 1989 to 2007, where he spent the majority of his time in the Criminal and Special Assignment Departments. In the 1980's, he taught Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Trial Advocacy) at the Pepperdine University School of Law. He taught ten different courses at the Phoenix School of Law and has served as an adjunct professor at ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. He has served on a number of commissions and committees, including then-Attorney General Napolitano's Capital Case Commission and as co-chair of the Arizona Supreme Court's Victims' Rights Implementation Committee. He is a former member of the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission and served as a member of the Arizona Supreme Court's Commission on the Rules of Evidence from 2010-2018. Dave has four adult children and three beautiful granddaughters.