Carolyn Macias graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a BA in 1986 and obtained her J.D. degree from Golden Gate University in 1989. She is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and the State Bar of California as well as various professional criminal defense associations. Ms. Macias has approximately 22 years of criminal litigation experience. She has significant felony and misdemeanor jury trial experience beginning as an Assistant District Attorney in Kern County, California in 1989, a Deputy County Attorney in Maricopa County, and as an Assistant City Prosecutor in the city of Peoria. While with the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Ms. Macias headed the Training Bureau where she trained approximately 80 attorneys over a 2 years period; instructing on legal education, case law, policy, advocacy, and trial preparation. Ms. Macias has worked exclusively in the area of criminal defense since joining private practice in 2002. She has been with The Gillespie Law Firm since 2010 and focuses her practice on the defense of felony criminal matters and DUI cases.
