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The APAAC 2026 Legal Assistant of the Year Award was presented to Elodia Ortiz (c) of the Apache County Attorney's Office by Apache County Attorney Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren (l) and APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz (r).

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APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz presented an APAAC 2026 Legal Assistant Lifetime Achievement Award to Veronica Allen (r) of the Pima County Attorney's Office.

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Ginamarie Montenegro (c) of the Arizona Attorney General's Office was presented with an APAAC 2026 Legal Assistant Lifetime Achievement Award by APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz (l) and the Arizona Attorney General's Office Criminal Division Chief Counsel Nicholas Klingerman.(r)

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Nicole Rogers (r) of the Pima County Attorney's Office was presented with an APAAC 2026 Legal Assistant Lifetime Achievement Award by APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz.

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Robbi White (c) of the Yuma County Attorney's Office receives her APAAC 2026 Legal Assistant Lifetime Achievement Award from Yuma County Attorney Karolyn Kaczorowski (l) and APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz (r).

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Jerra Creason, Victim Advocate, Arizona Attorney General's Office, (center) is presented with the APAAC Victim Advocate of the Year Award by Sarah DeJong (l), Assistant Phoenix City Prosecutor, and Nicholas Klingerman (r), Criminal Division Chief Counsel, Arizona Attorney General's Office.

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APAAC honors departing Council member Phoenix City Prosecutor Jim Sampanes. April 23, 2026.

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Christy Raban represented the Apache County Attorney's Office at the Western States Prosecution Team Career Fair at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University.

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Assistant Phoenix City Prosecutors Noah Shanholtz and Josie Licon prepare to offer APAAC's complimentary bagged lunches to exam takers at the February Arizona State Bar exam at the Phoenix Convention Center.

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APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz prepares to meet with job seekers at the National District Attorneys Association's February job fair in Washington, D.C.

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2025 Show Your Purple Winner - Cochise County Attorney's Office

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APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz presents retired Oro Valley Town Prosecutor Tobin Sidles with the John Bellatti Public Lawyer Career Achievement Award at the Arizona State Bar Public Lawyers Section Awards Luncheon.

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APAAC Executive Director Elizabeth Burton Ortiz presents Wayne Cheney, Assistant Mesa City Prosecutor, with the Rising Star Award at the Arizona State Bar Public Lawyers Section Awards Luncheon.

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Arizona Attorney General's Office

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Cochise County Attorney's Office

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Gilbert Town Prosecutor's Office

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Graham County Attorney's Office

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La Paz County Attorney's Office

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Mohave County Attorney's Office

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Navajo County Attorney's Office

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Oro Valley Town Prosecutor's Office

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Paradise Valley Town Prosecutor's Office

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Phoenix City Prosecutor's Office

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Pima County Attorney's Office

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Pinal County Attorney's Office

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Yavapai County Attorney's Office

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Tobin Sidles, Oro Valley Town Prosecutor, was recognized for his 32 years of service at the APAAC meeting on July 31, 2025. With Mr. Sidles are Elizabeth Ortiz, APAAC Executive Director, and Scott Bennett, Graham County Attorney and APAAC Chair.

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2026 Fentanyl Forum

WHEN

May 5, 2026
8:00 am
4:15 pm

WHERE

Desert Willow Conference Center

4340 East Cotton Center Boulevard

Phoenix, AZ 85040

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council are pleased to announce the 2026 Fentanyl Forum. This conference is intended for a multidisciplinary audience and will highlight the medical, investigative, prosecutorial, and community collaboration approaches to addressing the fentanyl crisis.

Topics include:

 

  • Drug Cartel Update
  • Redesigning Addiction Care in Arizona
  • Public Health Meets Public Safety
  • Youth At Risk—From Exposure to Intervention
  • Social Media and Prevention Campaigns
  • Prosecuting Fentanyl Cases
  • Strategies & Tools for Law Enforcement
  • Current Street Trends

Registration is free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Seating is limited, so register today to join us as we come together to learn, to share, and to move forward in Arizona’s fight against fentanyl.

 

Neither the Arizona Attorney General's Office nor the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council is providing funding regarding travel related expenses related to attending the Fentanyl Forum.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Laura Marquez-Garrett

Attorney | Social Media Victims Law Center

 

Laura Marquez-Garrett is a 2002 Harvard Law School graduate and spent the first twenty-years of their career in Big Law, overseeing complex litigation matters and specializing in electronic evidence and forensic investigation. In January of 2022, Laura left a predominantly defense-oriented practice to join the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) to contribute to the Center’s mission of change and holding social media companies accountable for the harms they are causing to children and families. Laura has since filed more than 1,200 complaints against tech companies in state and federal courts across the country. Laura has spoken out about social media and AI harms to multiple major news organizations, on live broadcasts such as Democracy Now! (Part I and Part II) and podcasts such as Your Undivided AttentionScrolling 2 Death, and Legal4Tech, at events like The Mothers Against Media Addiction Expert Insight Series, panels including the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival and The Washington Post Global Women’s Summit 2024, and in the documentary released in April 2025, Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media. Laura also spoke at a House Energy & Commerce Committee Roundtable on the Dangers of Big Tech and the Fentanyl Poisoning Crisis; authored an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Blade in support of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA); has met with hundreds of children and families, tech industry experts, and law enforcement and analyzed social media data across all major platforms; serves as a member of the Fairplay Board of Directors and Phone-Free Schools Movement's Advisory Board; and is actively involved in efforts across the globe to force change and hold tech companies accountable for the harms they are causing children as a matter of intentional platform design.

 
 

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Event Information

Event Date 05-05-2026 8:00 am
Event End Date 05-05-2026 4:00 pm
Capacity 55
Cut off date 04-28-2026 12:00 pm
Individual Price Free
Location Desert Willow Conference Center

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