
Leighton Rockafellow, Jr.: A Tucson Native Ready To Serve
I was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. I attended Salpointe Catholic High School and Arizona State University where I received a BS in Marketing, graduating Summa Cum Laude. I then took a job with Ford Motor Company in Rochester, New York. After a few years in the beautiful, but cold and grey Northeast, I longed for the Sonoran desert and returned to Tucson to attend the James E Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. While in law school I was vice president of the Latine Law Students Association. I graduated law school in 2011 and have been a practicing attorney ever since.
I am now the part owner of Rockafellow Law Firm where I work as a personal injury attorney, protecting the rights of Tucsonans injured by the negligence of others. I sat on the board for the Young Lawyers Division of the Pima County Bar Association from 2012-2016. I am the secretary for the Catalina Vista Neighborhood Association.
Throughout my legal career I have met hundreds of Tucsonans from nearly every cultural, socioeconomic, and political background this city has to offer. From snowbirds living here part-time, to tribal members; from the unhoused, to the wealthy, and everyone in-between, I have seen, through the eyes of our community, the issues that Tucson must address.
I am not endorsed by any member of Tucson’s political establishment. That means I am beholden only to the residents of Ward 6, and not to any political agendas. I will make decisions that make sense for our ward and for our city, even if that means voting against the bloc.