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Gary E. LaRance

Former Chief Judge of the Hopi Tribal Courts and Juvenile Healing to Wellness Court Judge

Hopi Youth Wellness Court

Gary E. LaRance is a member of the Hopi Tribe, State of Arizona. He is licensed to practice in Arizona. He is a general practitioner with emphasis in the areas of civil litigation, criminal law, family relations, and personal injury. He has spent 37 years in the courtrooms of New Mexico, Arizona, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Ak-Chin Indian Community, Colorado River Indian Tribes and Washoe Tribe of Nevada. He has prosecuted, defended, and tried over 2,000 criminal, juvenile, and civil cases. He has presided as a judge over hundreds of other cases. He has been an instructor and trainer for Northern Arizona University, National Indian Justice Center, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, National Domestic Violence Prevention Fund, Native American Alliance Foundation and National Association of Chiefs of Police, teaching criminal law and procedure, evidence, trial advocacy skills, Federal Indian law, Indian Civil Rights Act, Indian Child Welfare Act, Healing to Wellness Courts, Domestic Violence, Alcohol and Drug Abuse and Child Neglect and Abuse.

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