Andrew W. Gould (born October 18, 1963) is a former justice of the

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. He assumed office in 2016 and began his second term on January 4, 2021, having been retained to the Arizona Supreme Court on November 3, 2020, with 68.1% of the vote. On March 12, 2021, Gould announced his retirement from the court, effective April 1, 2021.

Early life and education

Gould attended the

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, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1986. He attended law school at the

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, attaining his

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degree in 1990.

Professional career

After graduating from law school, Gould joined the law firm Snell & Wilmer. After working for four years in private practice, Gould became a prosecutor in Yuma and Maricopa counties. In 1998, Gould worked briefly as a prosecutor in

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. Starting in 2001, after being appointed by

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Jane Dee Hull, Gould would spend a decade as a judge of the Yuma County

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, before being appointed to the

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in October 2011 by

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. After the Arizona Supreme Court was expanded to seven justices,

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appointed Gould to one of the vacant seats. Gould was sworn in on December 19, 2016. In September 2019, Gould authored a 4–3 decision preventing a small business from being forced to create custom invitations for same-sex weddings. In 2021, Gould announced his retirement effective April 1. Shortly after his official retirement, Gould announced his run as the Republican candidate for Arizona's Attorney General. Gould lost the Republican primary to Abe Hamadeh. In 2023, Gould joined the Arizona office of the law firm Holtzman Vogel.

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