Marie "Toni" A. Lorona has been a resident of Pinal County for 30 years and is a native of Arizona. She served as City Magistrate for the City of Eloy prior to her election to the office of Justice of the Peace in September of 1986. Judge Lorona graduated from St. Mary's High School in Phoenix, attended Phoenix College and Central Arizona College. Judge Lorona was a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, and is a member of the Limited Jurisdiction Committee for the Supreme Court. She was the Past Presiding Justice of the Peace for the Justice of the Peace Courts in Pinal County and the Training Coordinator for the Justice Courts. Judge Lorona attended Arizona's first Legal Institute for Non Law Trained Judges at the Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. She is the past president and board member of the Eloy Chamber of Commerce. Judge Lorona has been the chairman of the Pinal Hispanic Council, serving as Secretary Treasurer at the present time, and chairman of the Red Ribbon Campaign for the Eloy Governors Drug Alliance. She is a board member of the Pinal County School to Work Partnership and has served as board member for the Arizona City Chamber Board. Judge Lorona is Vice President and past treasurer for the Arizona Justice of the Peace Assocation and a parish council member of St. Helen’s Catholic Church.