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Corcoran often advocated for stricter discipline of judges and attorneys. [1] Corcoran retired from the court in 1996 and was succeeded by Charles E. Jones. One of Corcoran's favorite quotes, "where law ends, tyranny begins," was carved above the formal entrance to the Arizona State Courts Building when it was constructed in 1991.
First Native American (female) elected to the Arizona Superior Court: Gloria J. Kindig in 1996 [16] First Asian American female (Arizona Superior Court): Rosa Mroz in 2004 [17] [18] First Latino American female (Arizona Court of Appeals): Patricia A. Orozco (1989) in 2004 [19] [20] First openly lesbian female: Tracey Nadzieja in 2018 [21]
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.
Stanley George Feldman [1] (born March 9, 1933) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a member of the Arizona Supreme Court for twenty years from 1982 to 2002. He served as chief justice from 1992 to 1997. [2] [3] Feldman was born in New York City and grew up in Tucson. [4] He took his law degree at the University of Arizona. [4]
Raúl Héctor Castro: First Mexican American male to serve as a superior court judge in Arizona (1959) John Lopez IV: First Latino American male Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court (2016) Raner Collins (1975): First African American male to serve as Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona (2013)
Arizona’s top state judge on Tuesday ordered trial courts to prioritize election cases as anticipation swirls about a blitz of lawsuits in the swing state following November’s presidential ...
Thomas Andrew Zlaket (born May 30, 1941) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court from 1992 to 2002 and as the chief justice of the court from 1997 to 2002. [4]
(The Center Square) – Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Maria Elena Cruz is Gov. Katie Hobbs’ pick for the vacancy on the state Supreme Court. Cruz will be replacing former Justice Robert ...