Hon(Ret) J Mitchell Padilla

Law Office of J Mitchell Padilla PLLC

26+ Years Experience

About Hon(Ret) J Mitchell Padilla

As of June 1, 2025, I am retired from the bench. I grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cantwell High School in Montebello. After graduation, I enlisted in the US Navy and went to boot camp in San Diego. During my time in the Navy, I earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree from Chapman University in Orange, California. I was honorably discharged in 1981 after six years of active duty. I then worked for Pacific Telephone (later to become Pacific Bell, SBC and finally AT&T) in various managerial capacities. During that time, I earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of San Diego and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Meanwhile, while still working at Pacific Telephone, I joined the US Naval Reserve in 1989. I went on to serve sixteen additional years as a reservist and retired in 2005 as an Electronics Technician Chief Petty Officer. It was an honor to serve our nation. After leaving AT&T in 2006, I began a career as an attorney with the Office of the Attorney General in Arizona. Together with my wife and two children, we first moved to Kingman and then settled in Prescott in 2008. Through my years with the Office of the Attorney General, I litigated numerous dependency and child support cases in the following counties: Yuma, La Paz, Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, Apache, and Yavapai. My responsibilities also included managing up to eight offices with 11 attorneys and 22 staff personnel over this large geographic area. On May 21, 2018, I resigned my position as Unit Chief Counsel for Child Support Services in Northern Arizona. I have now opened my own law office in Prescott. I am taking the following types of cases: DUI, Criminal, Wills, Trusts, and QDROs for Marriage Settlements and Child Support arrears. On September, 2020, I was appointed to the Yavapai College District Governing Board, District 5. In January, 2021, I began a 6-year term in this role. On January 3, 2023, I was sworn in as the Prescott Justice of the Peace after my successful election in November of 2022. As of June 1, 2025, I am retired from the bench.

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Education

Law School: Thomas Jefferson

Practice Areas

Criminal Law Family Law Wills, Probate, Trusts and Estates

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