The appointment of Helena Seymour as a Pima County Superior Court commissioner was announced Tuesday.
The position fills a vacancy created by the appointment of Wayne Yehling to Superior Court judge, said Krisanne LoGalbo, a court spokeswoman.
Seymour officially takes the position when she takes the oath of office April 27. Presiding Judge Kyle Bryson will administer the oath, LoGalbo said.
At the time of her appointment, Seymour was an assistant attorney general in the protective services section where much of her practice focused on child welfare law litigation, said LoGalbo.
In 2003, Seymour accepted a position with the Arizona Attorney General's Office, receiving the Emerging Star award in 2005, the Outstanding Advocate Award in 2014, and the Outstanding Team Award in 2015.
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1993, and her law degree from the University of Arizona in 1999.
After graduation, she served as a judicial law clerk at the Massachusetts Trial Court, and was an associate with Chistolini & DeSimone law firm in Quincy, Massachusetts before returning to Tucson.
