Stacy Scheff Email & Phone Number

Stacy is a native Tucsonan who traveled extensively before returning to her home in the Sonoran Desert. Stacy’s roots run deep in the Tucson area. Stacy’s parents met in the community that formed to support the legal struggle for freedom of association fought here in the early 1960′s when Barbara Elfbrandt refused to sign an unconstitutional loyalty oath. Ms. Elfbrandt’s then counsel (now husband) W. Edward Morgan, fought all the way to the United States Supreme Court twice, and won the case now enshrined in constitutional law text books around the country as Elfbrandt v. Russell. Stacy’s father volunteered on the legal team, and her mother cooked meals for the community of supporters once a week.In 2003, Stacy began volunteering for Justice Action, a prisoners’ human rights advocacy group in Sydney. While at Justice Action, Stacy was the plaintiff in a civil action to compel the New South Wales Department of Corrections to distribute election information to inmates eligible to vote. In 2006, Stacy returned to Tucson to study law to become a legal advocate for civil and human rights. In law school, Stacy initiated a new clinic for students to assist with prisoner legal issues including Habeas Corpus petitions and prison conditions complaints.Stacy stays involved with community volunteer work, and continues her volunteer work with the civil rights restoration workshops to restore citizens’ right to vote, sit on juries, and own firearms, as well as find employment. Stacy was nominated to the Area Committee of the Arizona chapter of the American Friends Service Committee in 2009, and worked on sentencing reform issues to improve Arizona’s sentencing policies, and initiated a lawsuit to hold legislators accountable for the quality of services provided by private prison companies.

Listed skills include Civil Litigation, Criminal Law, Civil Rights, Legal Writing, and 3 others.