Melody Harmon

Melody Harmon attended undergraduate school in Walla Walla, Washington, earning a double major in English and Spanish, and spending a year abroad in Valencia, Spain. She later attended law school at Willamette University and spent another summer in Barcelona, Spain earning a certificate in International Comparative Law. Her practice started at a civil firm focused on Title VII cases from a plaintiff’s perspective. She later worked at the Maricopa County Public Defenders Office. She left the Public Defender’s office to operate her own private practice, which she did for nine years. She was appointed as a Commissioner in 2018 and was appointed Presiding Commissioner in 2020 for the Juvenile Department. Judge Harmon was appointed as Judge by Gov. Hobbs in March 2023 and now serves as the Associate Presiding Judge of the Durango Facility.