Tonya Macbeth

Bar / Professional Activity

• Arizona State Bar, Admitted by examination., 2005
• Admitted by Examination, State Bar of Nevada, 2010
• Admitted by Examination, State Bar of New Mexico, 2009

Pro bono / Community Service

• Chairman, Advisory Board:  Center for Health and Recovery (formerly C.H.E.E.E.R.S.) --a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, member-focused, recovery-oriented behavioral health community service agency. for persons with significant mental health diagnosis.  , 2010

Honors

• The American Bar Association sponsors this National competition, with finals held at the Annual Convention.  , Second in Nation, Representation in Mediation, American Bar Association, 2004
• This Award was presented by the faculty of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.  , Distinguished Service in the Art and Science of Advocacy, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 2005
• Pedrick Scholar

Educational Background

• University of Arizona, BA Psychology, Minor Sociology and Spanish

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Before entering the legal field... there was Science! Long-Evans rats received bilateral 6-hydroxydopamine infusions into the nucleus accumbens and were tested immediately (1 and 2 days) or after a recovery period (14 and 15 days) for changes in extracellular levels of dorsal striatal monoamines using in vivo microdialysis. Compared to controls, the monoamine metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid were generally enhanced when tested immediately after 6-hydroxydopamine treatment, including spontaneous levels and those following depolarizing infusions of potassium (60 mM, 20 min) through the microdialysis probes. Following 2 weeks recovery, dopamine metabolite levels were depressed and the serotonin metabolite levels remained enhanced. D-Amphetamine sulfate (1.5 mg/kg, SC) stimulated dopamine overflow was enhanced 2 days after 6-hydroxydopamine administration, but not after 2 weeks recovery. In contrast, potassium increased dopamine overflow to the same extent as control animals regardless of recovery period following 6-hydroxydopamine. The immediate changes in striatal monoamine activity were accompanied by a potentiation of amphetamine-induced stereotyped behaviors. We suggest that transient presynaptic changes within the dorsal Striatum following disruption of the ventral Striatum may mediate some general aspects of loss and recovery of behavior related to the time course of 6-hydroxydopamine neurotoxicity., Co-author, Changes in behavior and monoamine levels in microdialysate from dorsal striatum after 6-OHDA infusions into ventral striatum, 1991

• Arizona Association Of Family And Conciliation Courts