Gilberto V. Figueroa was born in Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico. He received his early education in Douglas, Arizona, and his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Arizona. He has been a resident of Casa Grande since 1979. He was admitted to practice law before all Arizona Trial and Appellate Courts and the United States District Court of Arizona in 1979; served as staff attorney with the Pinal & Gila Counties Legal Aid Society until 1980; engaged in private practice from 1980 to 1992. He was elected County Attorney from January, 1993 to March, 1996; appointed to serve as Pinal County Superior Court Judge Pro Tempore from April, 1996 to December, 1996. He was the appointed Pinal County Family Law Commissioner from January, 1997 to September, 1998. He was appointed to serve as Pinal County Superior Court Judge in September, 1998, and elected as Judge of the Pinal County Superior Court in 1999. He has been a member of the board of directors on many civic and business organizations in Pinal County; and is a member of the Arizona State Bar Association, Arizona Judge's Association; Pinal County Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Hispanic National Bar Association; Los Abogados; Sunrise Optimist Club of Casa Grande; and Arizona Minority Judges Caucus. He has two children.