My question involves employment and labor law for the state of: Arizona
Wasn't quite sure which category to put this in, so hopefully this will work.
I will be starting a new job next week. My previous employment was as a senior IT administrator, and I was directly involved in a situation where a client's computer was found to have illegal material (child pornography). I found out today that I am being subpoenaed to court as a witness by one of the lawyers in the case. I was told I will be required to show up and cannot simply submit my evidence as paperwork as I will need to be cross-examined in court. The court case is in Virginia.
Is my employer required to allow me leave as a result of my court order? I am not an involved party in the case (the defendant or the prosecution), but my paperwork says specifically I need to be there. The court case is scheduled to take three days and I am required to be there all three days. In addition, since this is an east coast trial, there are no flights that leave PHX after 3 PM, so I will need to take the previous day off as well for travel, or at least take a half-day at work.
I will only have been at my job for a month at this point so I will not have saved up enough vacation days. Is this something that, legally, could jeopardize my job? Or is an employer required to allow me to leave the state as a result of a mandated court order? And if so, are they required to allow me sufficient travel time?
Thanks!

