Ann L. Kirkpatrick

Biographical Information

The following is from ALIS for the 47th Arizona State Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2006):

Ann Kirkpatrick  
Democrat  District 2
House of Representatives
1700 W. Washington
Room 325
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone Number: (602) 926-5160
Fax Number: (602) 417-3002
Email Address: [email protected]
 
REPRESENTATIVE ANN KIRKPATRICK
Ann Kirkpatrick was elected to the House of Representatives in November 2004 from Legislative District 2, which includes Flagstaff and the Hualapai, Havasupai, Hopi, Navajo and San Juan Southern Piute Nations.

She is ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, which deals with taxation and revenue issues.  In addition she serves on the Education K-12 Committee and Natural Resources Committee.

Rep. Kirkpatrick is an attorney who became Coconino County’s first Woman Deputy County Attorney in 1980.  In 1991 she helped to establish the Flagstaff law firm of Kirkpatrick & Harris. She is a former City Attorney for Sedona, served as a Probate Commissioner Pro Tem and was a member of the Flagstaff Water Commission.  In 2004 she began teaching Business Law and Ethics at Coconino Community College.

She is an active member of the Flagstaff community, serving as former president of United Way of Northern Arizona and the Flagstaff Symphony Association.  She also served on the Board of Directors of Big Sisters, the Flagstaff Library Foundation, and Lowell Observatory.

Rep. Kirkpatrick was born in McNary.  She is a graduate of Blue Ridge High School, the University of Arizona, and the UA College of Law.  She is the mother of two daughters, both of whom are college students.  She is an advocate for fiscal responsibility, long-term economic growth in rural Arizona, and investment in the education of our children.

Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick resigned her seat on July 24, 2007 to run for a seat in the 1st Congressional District and she was replaced by Tom Chabin who was appointed Representative of District 2 on August 28, 2007  (Journal of the House of Representatives, 48th Legislature, 1st Regular Session, 2007, p. v).

The following is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:

KIRKPATRICK, Ann, a Representative from Arizona; born in McNary, Apache County, Ariz.; graduated from Blue Ridge High School; B. A., University of Arizona, 1972; J. D., James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz., 1979; lawyer, private practice; Coconino County, Ariz., deputy county attorney, 1980; Sedona, Ariz., city attorney; member of the Arizona state house of representatives, 2005-2007; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress (January 3, 2009-January 3, 2011); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.

Education

Juris Doctorate, University of Arizona, 1979

Bachelor Arts: Secondary Education, University of Arizona, 1972

Diploma: High School, 1968

Employment

Arizona Legislative Service

Sources

Birth: 2005 Guide to the 47th Legislature (green book) also DOB (differs from Congressional Bio Guide) & middle initial U.S. Public Records Index

Education: 2007 Guide to the Legislature (Greenbook), House Bio: 48 Legislature (Regular Session)