PHOENIX — It’s not common for a judge to speak on the record with a reporter, so when I emailed Judge Justin Beresky requesting an interview, I knew there would be some conditions.

For one, I was aware he would likely not answer questions about the two Lori Vallow Daybell trials he presided over earlier this year. If he wanted to discuss them, I’d be more than happy to listen, but the Arizona Code of Judicial Conduct prohibits judges from making public statements about cases in their courtrooms.

However, it was the Daybell trials that made Beresky known worldwide. For a few weeks in April and then again in June, an untold number of people watched him conduct court as Daybell represented herself in the highest-profile trials Arizona has seen since the Jodi Arias murder case in 2013.

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