Patricia A. Noland is a 38 year resident of Tucson, Arizona and was elected in November of 1998 as the Pima County Clerk of the Superior Court. She was sworn into office in January of 1999. Previous to her election to that position, she worked for the Arizona Attorney General's Office as a Special Auditor for Victim's Rights Compliance and Enforcement traveling throughout Arizona auditing County Attorneys, Sheriffs, City Prosecutors and Corrections Agencies. She served eight years in the Arizona Legislature, four years in the House of Representatives and four years in the State Senate.
She chaired both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees and served as the Senate Parliamentarian. Ms. Noland was known for her successful passage of legislation enacting the Victims' Rights Act, Sex Offender Notification, Lobbyist and Election Law Reform, the Rewrite of the Arizona Criminal Code, the Omnibus Child Protection Act and many other laws involving the Criminal Justice System.