Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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.
The Arizona Supreme Court licenses lawyers, while the State Bar administers the regulation of the practice of law. The State Bar, under the direction of the Court, establishes procedures for the discipline of lawyer misconduct and provides education and development programs for the legal profession and the public.
In the resulting court case, Thompson v. Craney, 199 Wis. 2d 674, 546 N.W.2d 123 (1996), the Supreme Court ruled that the governor could not reallocate or diminish the powers of the state superintendent by appointing a new secretary of education in charge of a Department of Education, as doing so would be unconstitutional. [27] [28]
He was president of the Arizona State Bar in 1988 and 1989. For 27 years, Zlaket practiced law in Tucson for several firms, including with his brother, Eugene, for Zlaket & Zlaket. He was also a judge pro-tem at Pima County Superior Court. [5] Zlaket was widely praised for his struggle to make the court system accessible. [6]
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 case went to the U.S. Supreme Court for consideration after a federal judge blocked certain provisions of the law last year, sparking a series of appeals that so far have been unsuccessful.
In June 2019, Montgomery applied for a second vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court. [18] This time, after Governor Doug Ducey replaced several members of the state judicial nominating commission, [ 19 ] Montgomery's name was sent to the governor, who selected him for the supreme court seat on September 4, 2019. [ 20 ]