Education
Yale University; Stanford Law School.
Yale University; Stanford Law School.
Born in Saint James, Minnesota, Eckerstrom received his Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude from Yale University in 1982 and his Juris Doctor with Distinction from Stanford Law School in 1986. Obtaining his license to practice law in California in 1986 and in Arizona in 1988, Eckerstrom was an Assistant Public Defender in Pima County, Arizona from 1988 to 1994. He was a criminal defense attorney from 1994 until 2003, when he was appointed to the Court of Appeals.
In May 2011, the judges of Division Two of the Court of Appeals selected Eckerstrom to be Vice Chief Judge from July 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.
Eckerstrom resides in Tucson.
