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Once appointed, the judges are retained or rejected by the voters every four years for these four superior courts and every six years for the appellate courts. Judges who are elected are superior court judges from Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Santa Cruz, Yavapai, and Yuma counties, and justices of ...

Welcome to the Arizona Judicial Branch. Newsroom. The Newsroom provides comprehensive access to current Court decisions, announcments, and multimedia content.

Judges are appointed through a merit process. Judicial candidates are selected for their legal ability and professional and personal achievements rather than their mastery of political campaigns. ... The Judicial Branch of Arizona. Maricopa County. Departments; Court Information; How Do I? Law Library Resource Center; Resources; About ...

Judges are appointed through a merit process. Judicial candidates are selected for their legal ability and professional and personal achievements rather than their mastery of political campaigns. ... The Judicial Branch of Arizona. Maricopa County. Departments; Court Information; How Do I? Law Library Resource Center; Resources; About ...

The Judicial Branch in Maricopa County is the fourth largest court system in the United States. It has a national reputation for excellence and innovation. With over 160 judicial officers and 3000 employees, the branch is responsible for the delivery of court and probation services to the over 4.7 million people in Maricopa County.

In 2023, all seven justices made at least $205,000, with the chief justice making $7,000 more annually for overseeing “the administrative operations of all the courts in Arizona,” according to ...

The Arizona Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Arizona.Sitting in the Supreme Court building in downtown Phoenix, the court consists of a chief justice, a vice chief justice, and five associate justices.Each justice is appointed by the governor of Arizona from a list recommended by a bipartisan commission. Justices stand for retention in an election two years after ...

In addition to the judicial positions listed above, there are approximately 102 full-time commissioners in the Superior Court. Justice Courts 80 Justices of the Peace, 80 Precincts, 4-year terms

Arizona Court of Appeals See also: Arizona Court of Appeals The 28 judges of the Arizona Court of Appeals are appointed by the governor from a list of names compiled by the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments.The commission is composed of 16 members who serve staggered four-year terms. The membership includes 10 non-attorneys, five attorneys, and the chief justice of the supreme ...

The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review (JPR) at AZCourts.gov is responsible for developing performance standards and thresholds, and conducting performance reviews of justices and judges who are merit selected and subject to retention elections. Currently this includes judges and justices serving on the Arizona Supreme Court, Court of Appeals Division I, Court of Appeals ...

Judges & Courts. The Arizona Superior Court in Pima County is comprised of 53 judicial officers that hear criminal, civil, family law, juvenile, and probate matters. The Court is led by a Presiding Judge and Associate Presiding Judge, both of whom oversee the entire court. The criminal, civil, family law, juvenile, and probate courts, also ...

Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County Hon. Joseph C. Welty. Presiding Judge. Hon. Pamela Gates. ... Judicial Branch Administrator. Michael Cimino. Adult Probation Chief. Eric Meaux ... Human Resources. Legal. Regional Courts Administration. Security. Technology Services. 164 Judicial Officers • 98 Judges • 66 Commissioners. 3,089 ...

The Judicial Branch of Arizona is responsible for the operational oversight of both general and limited jurisdiction courts in Maricopa County. The Superior Court is a court of general jurisdiction over cases relating to criminal felonies, juveniles, families, probate/mental health, tax, and civil.

Judicial selection process See also: Judicial selection in Arizona and Arizona judicial elections Selection of state court judges in Arizona occurs through a variety of methods, varying by level of court and (in the case of the superior courts) by county population. The two appellate courts rely on what is known as the Missouri Plan, while the superior courts employ a mix of partisan elections ...

The Arizona Supreme Court designates a presiding judge for counties with two or more superior court judges. In single-judge counties, that judge holds the administrative authority. A 1971 state law (A.R.S. § 12-141) authorized the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to appoint judges pro tempore (temporary judges) for six month terms to assist ...

The Arizona Judicial Branch offers a guide to the Arizona state court system. It contains detailed information about each level of the state's courts and provides links to court websites. You can also receive online access to Arizona state court cases for 177 out of 184 courts via its Public Access to Court Information Case Search.. Arizona employs a three-tier judicial system:

For the last four years, Judge Corral has served as a Commissioner for the Maricopa County Superior Court. Nicole Hartley is a graduate from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. For over 10 years, she served as a Deputy Public Defender for the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office. Judge Hartley has served as ...

A long-fought legal battle to see state Court of Appeals judges stand for retention elections statewide is now under consideration by the state high court. ... left, speaks with Arizona Supreme Court justices before taking the oath of office to join the state's high court, July 8, 2021, in Phoenix. ... Attempts to alter the judicial retention ...

The activist movement led to the historic ouster of three Superior Court judges in the 2022 election and alarmed the judicial branch. To the point that the Arizona Judges Association, representing ...