About Adele
Adele Drumlevitch earned her law degree from the University of Arizona, completing her J.D. in 1985. She was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1987 and is also licensed to practice in the Ninth Circuit. Those credentials anchor a career that has remained rooted in criminal defense and court practice.
She began her public service work at the Pima County Public Defender’s Office in Tucson, where she served as an assistant public defender beginning in 1989. That early work placed her in courtrooms frequently and gave her steady trial exposure. She later moved into regulatory work in 1993, serving as a regulator and compliance officer for vocational schools at the Arizona Department of Higher Education, a role that contrasted with trial practice but added administrative law and compliance experience to her resume.
In the mid-1990s Drumlevitch returned to legal research and writing, working as a legal clerk for the government public defender’s office in 1996. She then spent time in a series of small law offices across Cochise County in 1998, handling matters that required hands-on client work and local court navigation. By 2005 she was practicing under her own name, operating as Adele Drumlevitch, Lawyer-At-Law and later organizing the practice as Adele Drumlevitch, Lawyer-At-Law, LLC.
Her professional affiliations reflect a consistent emphasis on criminal defense and DUI work. She has been a member of the State Bar of Arizona since 1987. More recently she joined Arizona Lawyers for Criminal Justice in 2015 and, in 2016, became a member of both the National College for DUI Defense and the American Association of Premier DUI Lawyers. Those memberships indicate ongoing engagement with peers working on impaired driving and criminal defense issues.
Courtroom practice remains a through-line in Drumlevitch’s career. Her public defender background framed much of her early work, and she has handled matters in trial courts as well as matters that touch on appellate questions in the Ninth Circuit. Colleagues describe her approach as pragmatic; she prepares for trial thoroughly and evaluates cases with an eye toward realistic outcomes for clients.
She maintains a solo practice through Adele Drumlevitch, Lawyer-At-Law, LLC, handling criminal defense and DUI cases, and continues to represent clients in Arizona and in matters that arise before the Ninth Circuit. Her current practice focuses on criminal defense and DUI representation.
