Arizona Judges
Every Arizona appellate judge on record — 169 in all — placed by the years they sat on opinions.
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One
82 JUDGES
Andrew J. Becke
Seated 2025
Andrew J. Becke was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals on May 15, 2025, by Governor Katie Hobbs. From 2008 until 2025, Judge Becke practiced as a civil litigation …
Andrew M. Jacobs
Seated 2023
Judge Andrew Jacobs was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals by Governor Katie Hobbs on February 21, 2023, joining the court on March 27, 2023. Andrew grew up in …
Angela K. Paton
Seated 2021
Judge Paton began service on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, in November 2021. She served as a judicial law clerk to Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Patrick Irvine …
Anni Hill Foster
On the bench since 2023
Judge Anni Hill Foster is a distinguished jurist serving as a Judge in Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals. With a reputation for fairness, integrity, and a commitment …
Brian Y. Furuya
On the bench since 2021
Brian Y. Furuya was appointed as a judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, by Gov. Doug Ducey effective January 25, 2021. Prior to his appointment to the …
Cynthia J. Bailey
On the bench since 2020
Judge Bailey was appointed to the Court of Appeals in April 2020. From 2010 until her appointment, Judge Bailey served on the Maricopa County Superior Court, presiding over cases in …
D. Andrew Gaona
On the bench since 2026
Judge D. Andrew (“Andy”) Gaona joined the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, in March 2026 after his appointment by Governor Katie Hobbs. Judge Gaona graduated from the University of …
D. Steven Williams
On the bench since 2016
Judge D. Steven Williams was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One by Governor Ducey in 2019. Steve graduated cum laude from Arizona State University, where he was …
Daniel J. Kiley
On the bench since 2023
Daniel J. Kiley was appointed to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals by Governor Doug Ducey, taking his seat on January 18, 2023. From 2010 to 2023, Judge …
David B. Gass
On the bench since 2019
David D. Weinzweig
On the bench since 2018
David D. Weinzweig was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals in December 2017. He is an Arizona native who received his B.A. from the University of Arizona and his …
Henry S. Stevens
Active 1973–2026
Jennifer M. Perkins
On the bench since 2017
The Honorable Jennifer M. Perkins began service on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One, on October 30, 2017. At the time of her appointment by Governor Douglas Ducey, Judge …
Kent E. Cattani
Seated 2013
Judge Kent Cattani was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals on February 9, 2013. After serving for 2 years as Vice Chief Judge, he was elected Chief Judge in …
Michael J. Brown
Seated 2007
Education B.S., Brigham Young University (1989) J.D., Arizona State University Law School (1992) Professional Experience Judge, Arizona Court of Appeals (2007-present) Vice Chief Judge (2013-2015) Chief Judge (2015-2017) Attorney, Brown …
Michael S. Catlett
On the bench since 2023
An Arizona native, Michael S. Catlett was appointed to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals by Governor Doug Ducey in 2022. From 2020 to 2023, Judge Catlett worked …
Paul J. McMurdie
Active 2016–2026
Randall M. Howe
Seated 2012
Randall M. Howe was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals on May 29, 2012, by Governor Janice K. Brewer, and currently serves as Chief Judge. From 2008 until his …
Samuel Anderson Thumma
Seated 2012
JUDGE DAVID BRUCE GASS grew up in central Pennsylvania but spent a year taking classes in Chihuahua, Mexico. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ruth V. McGregor …
Veronika Fabian
On the bench since 2025
Judge Veronika Fabian was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division 1, on May 15, 2025 by Governor Katie Hobbs. Judge Fabian graduated from Cornell University in 1990 and …
James B. Morse Jr.
On the bench since 2019
James B. Morse Jr. James B. Morse Jr. was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One by Governor Douglas Ducey and began service on the Court of Appeals …
Jennifer B. Campbell
Active 2016–2025
Maurice Portley
Active 2014–2023
Peter B. Swann
Active 2014–2023
Lawrence F. Winthrop
Active 2003–2022
Andrew W. Gould
Active 2014–2021
Andrew Gould is a partner at Holtzman Vogel and focuses his practice on Appellate, Commercial Litigation and Constitutional Law. Prior to joining the firm, Andrew was a Justice to the …
Diane M. Johnsen
Active 2014–2020
Joshua D. Rogers
Active 2019–2020
John C. Gemmill
Active 2004–2019
Jon W. Thompson
Active 1998–2019
Donn Kessler
Active 2004–2018
Patricia A. Orozco
Active 2006–2018
Thomas C. Kleinschmidt
Active 1995–2018
Margaret H. Downie
Active 2014–2017
Patricia K. Norris
Active 2004–2017
Philip L. Hall
Active 2004–2009
Daniel A. Barker
Active 2005
Jefferson L. Lankford
Active 1996–2005
Sheldon H. Weisberg
Active 2003–2005
Cecil B. Patterson jr
Active 2004
Levi Ray Haire
Active 1973–2004
Patrick Irvine
Active 2004
William F. Garbarino
Active 2002–2004
G Murray Snow
Active 2003
Susan A. Ehrlich
Active 1997–2003
Edward C. Voss
Active 1989–2002
Noel Fidel
Active 1990–2000
Donald F. Froeb
Active 1975–1998
James B. Sult
Active 1996–1998
Rudolph J. Gerber
Active 1998
Lloyd Fernandez
Active 1997
Sarah D. Grant
Active 1982–1997
Eino M. Jacobson
Active 1973–1993
Joseph M. Livermore
Active 1991
Melvyn T. Shelley
Active 1989
Joe W. Contreras
Active 1979–1988
Jack L. Ogg
Active 1974–1982
Francis J. Donofrio
Active 1965–1980
Laurance T. Wren
Active 1975–1980
Mary Murphy Schroeder
Active 1975–1979
William E. Eubank
Active 1975–1979
Gary Kent Nelson
Active 1975–1978
Ben C. Birdsall
Former judge
Bruce E. Meyerson
Former judge
D L. Greer
Former judge
Donald Daughton
Former judge
E G. Noyes jr
Former judge
James M. Ackerman
Former judge
John F. Taylor
Former judge
John J. McGuire
Former judge
John L. Claborne
Former judge
Joseph W. Howard
Former judge
Kenton D. Jones
Former judge
Michael Anthony Lacagnina
Former judge
Morris Rozar
Former judge
Muriel Jeannette Smith-Florez
Former judge
Philip E. Toci
Former judge
Sandra Day O'Connor
Former judge
Thomas Brooks
Former judge
Thomas Tang
Former judge
Wendell Griffen
Former judge
Williby E. Case
Former judge
Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two
20 JUDGES
Christopher P. Staring
On the bench since 2016
became Chief Judge of Division Two on July 1, 2024. He attended the University of California at Davis, receiving his B.A. in 1983. He received his J.D. from Tulane University …
Garye L. Vásquez
On the bench since 2013
became Chief Judge of Division Two on July 1, 2019 and completed his five-year term on June 30, 2024. He was appointed to the Court of Appeals in 2005 and …
Jeffrey L. Sklar
On the bench since 2023
B.A., University of Arizona, 2004; J.D., University of Southern California, 2007; Law Clerk to Hon. Scott Bales, Arizona Supreme Court, 2007-08; Associate, Irell & Manella LLP, 2008-10; Associate and Partner, …
Karl C. Eppich
On the bench since 2018
B.A., University of California at Irvine 1988, J.D., Stanford Law School 1992. Private practice 1992-94 & 1998-99. Deputy Apache County Attorney 1994-97. Staff Attorney, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One …
Lacey Stover Gard
On the bench since 2023
University of Arizona, 2000; J.D., University of Arizona, 2003; Law Clerk to Hon. J. William Brammer, Jr., Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. 2, 2003-2004; Office of the Attorney General, Assistant …
Peter J. Eckerstrom
Seated 2003
born St. James, Minnesota; B.A., Yale University, 1982 (Magna Cum Laude); J.D., Stanford University, 1986 (with Distinction); Master of Judicial Studies, Duke Law School, 2018; admitted to California Bar, 1986; …
Sean E. Brearcliffe
On the bench since 2019
was appointed to the Court of Appeals in September, 2017. Before that he had served as a Judge on the Pima County Superior Court from 2013-2017. Before becoming a Judge …
Virginia C. Kelly
Active 2013–2026
Philip G. Espinosa
Active 2001–2022
Michael O. Miller
Active 1998–2017
William Brammer jr
Active 1997–2016
Flórez
Active 1997–2004
William E. Druke
Active 2001–2003
James D. Hathaway
Active 1965–1989
James L. Richmond
Active 1977–1979
Herbert F. Krucker
Active 1965–1976
Lawrence Howard
Active 1971–1975
John F. Molloy
Active 1965–1968
Christopher J. O'Neil
Currently seated
was born and raised in Casa Grande, Arizona, where he presently resides. Before his appointment to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Judge O'Neil served as the Presiding Judge of the …
Michael F. Kelly
Currently seated
born Tucson, Arizona; B.S. in Finance, magna cum laude, University of Arizona, 2001; Juris Doctor, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, 2004, Deputy Pima County Attorney, 2004 …
Arizona Supreme Court
56 JUDGES
Ann A. Scott Timmer
Seated 2012
Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer became Chief Justice on July 1, 2024. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, her J. D. magna cum laude, from Arizona …
Clint Bolick
On the bench since 2016
Justice Clint Bolick was appointed by Gov. Doug Ducey in January 2016 to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court and was retained by the voters in 2018 and 2024. Prior …
James P. Beene
On the bench since 2017
Justice James Beene was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2019. Prior to his appointment, he spent two and a half years on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division …
John R. Lopez IV
On the bench since 2017
Justice John R. Lopez IV was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in November 2016 and took the bench in January 2017. Previously, he was Solicitor General for the State …
Kathryn H. King
On the bench since 2021
Kathryn H. King was appointed to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court in 2021 and in 2024 was retained by voters for a six-year term. Prior to her appointment, she …
Maria Elena Cruz
On the bench since 2017
Justice Cruz has served on the bench since 2005 and is the first justice of Latina and African descent to serve on the state’s highest court. Prior to her appointment …
William G. Montgomery
On the bench since 2020
Prior to Justice William G. Montgomery’s appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court in 2019, he served as the Maricopa County Attorney beginning with a special election in 2010. Before assuming …
Robert M. Brutinel
Active 2013–2025
Thomas A. Zlaket
Active 2021–2025
Andrew David Hurwitz
Active 2008–2023
Archibald G. McAlister
Active 1984–2023
Scott Bales
Active 2013–2019
Frederick J. Martone
Active 1997–2017
Stanley G. Feldman
Active 1985–2017
J Mercer Johnson
Active 1957–2016
Albert C. Baker
Active 2014
Frank X. Gordon jr
Active 1975–2008
William A. Holohan
Active 1975–2005
Ruth V. McGregor
Active 1993–2001
Robert J. Corcoran
Active 1995–1998
Dudley W. Windes
Active 1953–1997
James Moeller
Active 1989–1997
Michael D. Ryan
Active 1997
Marlin T. Phelps
Active 1949–1990
Jack D.H. Hays
Active 1969–1985
Ernest W. McFarland
Active 1965–1978
Fred C. Struckmeyer jr
Active 1955–1971
Jesse A. Udall
Active 1961–1971
Lorna E. Lockwood
Active 1963–1971
Charles C. Bernstein
Active 1959–1965
Garrett
Active 1965
Edward W. Scruggs
Active 1964
Renz L. Jennings
Active 1960–1964
Alfred C. Lockwood
Active 1963
Lespier
Active 1960
Robert O. Lesher
Active 1960
Henry D. Ross
Active 1938–1959
Levi S. Udall
Active 1958
Arthur Thornton LaPrade
Active 1945–1957
R.C. Stanford
Active 1946–1954
Evo Anton DeConcini
Active 1949–1952
Joseph H. Morgan
Active 1945–1946
Sloan
Active 1890–1893
Kibbey
Active 1890–1892
Barnes
Active 1886–1888
Porter
Active 1873–1888
Fitzgerald
Active 1885
Pinney
Active 1883–1885
Sheldon
Active 1884
Stilwell
Active 1881–1882
Tweed
Active 1871–1878
Beavis
Active 1872
Charles E. Jones
Former judge
James D. Cameron
Former judge
John Pelander
Former judge
Rebecca W. Berch
Former judge
Other / unassigned
11 JUDGESMichael D. Peterson
Active 2025
Moran
Active 2016–2018
Charles W. Gurtler
Active 2016–2017
Christopher T. Whitten
Active 2016–2017
Jay M. Polk
Active 2017
Patricia Starr
Active 2017
Vederman
Active 2017
Edward W. Bassett
Active 2016
Thomas Fink
Active 2014–2016
Dawn Bergin
Active 2015
Olson
Active 2014