JPR Program Manager
(602) 452-3098
e-mail: jpr@courts.az.gov

The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review will hold public hearings at the following times and locations to take comments on judges appearing on the 2010 retention election ballot:

Established in 1992 by a constitutional amendment passed by voters, the 30-member Commission is charged with conducting performance reviews of judges.  It sets performance standards for judges, decides whether or not a judge meets those standards, and publishes its findings for voters.

In addition to holding the public hearings, the Commission surveyed litigants, witnesses, jurors, people who represented themselves in court, staff and attorneys who appeared before Superior Court judges from August 31 through December 31, 2009. Surveys on appellate court justices and judges are distributed throughout their term. More than 60,000 surveys on Arizona judges were distributed in 2009.

The Commission's findings will be released to the public before the 2010 general election in the Secretary of State's voter pamphlet. The findings will also be available on the Commission's website at www.azjudges.info. Voters will decide whether judges remain in office on November 2.

Any citizen may appear at a public hearing or send written comments by April 15, 2008, to the Commission on Judicial Performance Review, 1501 West Washington, Suite 221, Phoenix, AZ 85007-3231. Comments can also be sent through the Commission's web page at www.azjudges.info.

Comments are invited on the following judges:

Arizona Supreme Court:

• Rebecca White Berch
• Michael D. Ryan

Court of Appeals Division I:

• Daniel A. Barker
• Michael J. Brown
• John C. Gemmill
• Philip L. Hall
• Patrick Irvine
• Jon W. Thompson
• Lawrence F. Winthrop

Superior Court in Maricopa County:

• Mark F. Aceto
• Aimee L. Anderson
• Arthur T. Anderson
• Janet E. Barton
• Edward W. Bassett
• Dawn M. Bergin
• Roger E. Brodman
• William L. Brotherton
• Robert Budoff
• Edward O. Burke
• Harriett E. Chavez
• Norman J. Davis
• Gary E. Donahoe
• Sally S. Duncan
• Alfred M. Fenzel
• Dean M. Fink
• George H. Foster
• Pendleton Gaines
• J. Richard Gama
• Larry Grant
• Warren J. Granville
• Brian R. Hauser
• Hugh E. Hegyi
• Joseph B. Heilman
• Bethany G. Hicks
• M. Jean Hoag
• Carey S. Hyatt
• Brian K. Ishikawa
• Michael D. Jones
• James H. Keppel
• Joseph C. Kreamer
• Raymond Lee
• J. Kenneth Mangum
• Daniel G. Martin
• Rosa P. Mroz
• Barbara R. Mundell
• Samuel J. Myers
• Benjamin R. Norris
• Karen L. O'Connor
• Susanna C. Pineda
• Douglas L. Rayes
• John C. Rea
• Peter C. Reinstein
• Emmet J. Ronan
• David M. Talamante
• Samuel J. Thumma
• Maria del Mar Verdin
• Randall H. Warner
• Joseph C. Welty
• Eileen S. Willett

Superior Court in Pima County:

• Ted B. Borek
• Christopher C. Browning
• Hector E. Campoy
• Terry Chandler
• Javier Chon-Lopez
• Michael Cruikshank
• Charles V. Harrington
• Richard D. Nichols