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Three-judge panels were added to Division 1 in 1969, 1974, 1982, and 1989. Another judge was added in 1995 "so that the Chief Judge could devote time to the court's increasing administrative workload." [2] Division 2 added three judges in 1985. [2] Six more judges were added in 2022, three for each division.
In 2003, she became a commissioner on the Maricopa County Superior Court, where she presided over numerous criminal jury trials over the next five years. Brnovich was appointed by Governor of Arizona Janet Napolitano as a trial court judge in January 2009 and was retained by voters in both 2012 and 2016.
Cecil B. Patterson Jr. (1971): [4] [18] First African American male to serve on the Maricopa County Superior Court; Kevin Kane: [27] First openly LGBT male to serve on the Phoenix Municipal Court (2006) Raúl Héctor Castro (1949): [11] [12] [13] First Mexican American male to serve on the Superior Court of Pima County, Arizona (1959)
Anita Lewis Chávez (1947): [4] [12] [13] Reputed to be the first Latino American female lawyer in Maricopa County, Arizona; Gloria Ybarra: [4] First Hispanic female to serve on the Maricopa County Superior Court, Arizona (1985) Sarah D. Grant: [5] First female to serve as the Presiding Criminal Judge in the Maricopa County Superior Court
Courts of Arizona include: . State courts of Arizona. Arizona Supreme Court [1]. Arizona Court of Appeals (2 divisions) [2]. Superior Court of Arizona (15 counties) [2]. Justices of the Peace (county courts) [3] and Arizona Municipal Courts, city trial courts and courts of limited jurisdiction
For example, Maricopa County refers to its branch as "The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County." Since 2015, the Maricopa County Superior Court has included a specialized business court docket, known as the Commercial Court. The "Commercial Court is a specialty calendar within the Civil Department to resolve controversies that arise in ...
Driggs has been a small business owner since 1997. He was a prosecutor for Maricopa County Attorney's Office from 1995 to 1997. He was also a clerk at a law firm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and later was an Attorney at Driggs Law Group. [4] In February 2017, Driggs was appointed as a judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court. [6]
Chief Judge Jennifer Zipps: Tucson: 1964 2011–present 2024–present — Obama: 38 District Judge John J. Tuchi: Phoenix: 1964 2014–present — — Obama: 39 District Judge Diane Humetewa: Phoenix: 1964 2014–present — — Obama: 40 District Judge Steven Paul Logan: Phoenix: 1965 2014–present — — Obama: 41 District Judge Rosemary ...