Judge Ronald Wilson

On March 3, 2002 at the age of 33, Judge Wilson was invested as the Presiding Judge for the City of South Tucson, Arizona. This appointment was historically significant. Judge Wilson became the first full time Judge for the City of South Tucson, the youngest African American Chief Magistrate in Arizona and the first African American Chief Magistrate in Pima County, Arizona.

Judge Wilson is a recipient of numerous awards and accolades including the Otto Snowden Community Fellowship awarded by the Urban Law and Public Policy Institute, the NAACP Rosa Parks Living History Makers Award, the Tucson Business Edge 40 Under 40 Man of the Year and the FBI/LULAC Community Service Award.

Judge Wilson received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Syracuse University in 1992 and his Jurist Doctor from Northeastern University School of Law in 1995. He is a member of the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, American Judges Association, National Judges Association, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem and the Black Catholic Ministry for the Diocese of Tucson.

He has partnered with such organizations as the National African American Drug Policy Coalition, the Salvation Army, the March of Dimes, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, In My Shoes, the Arizona Childrens Association, the NAACP, the Urban League, the United Way, Casey Family Programs, the American Cancer Society, numerous school districts, Harvard University, Hampshire College, several HBCUs, the University of Arizona and Pima Community College.

Amazingly, Judge Wilson is a product of the Massachusetts foster care system. He has 22 adopted siblings and has had over 400 foster brothers and sister.