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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 ...
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; Federal courts located in Arizona. United States District Court for the District ...
First female to unsuccessfully run for court superior court judge: Gertrude Converse in 1948 [10] First female (Arizona Superior Court): Lorna E. Lockwood (1925) in 1950 [11] First Latino American female (reputed): Anita Lewis Chávez (1947) [4] [12] [13] First female (Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court): Lorna E. Lockwood (1925) in ...
Arizona Territorial Supreme Court justices [ edit ] Two additional appointees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the territorial supreme court, but declined their appointments: John Noble Goodwin in 1863 and Marshall H. Williams in 1894.
The Arizona Court of Appeals, further divided into two divisions, is the intermediate court in the state. [5] It hears and decides cases in three judge panels. [ 5 ] Division One is based in Phoenix, consists of sixteen judges, and has jurisdiction in the Western and Northern regions of the state, along with the greater Phoenix area.
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) Harry Gin: [28] First Chinese American male to serve on the Superior Court of Pima County, Arizona (1975)
The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court's decision to unseal years-old divorce records between U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego.
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.