Meeting Notice - July 9, 2008
	Meeting Agenda - July 9, 2008

Annette Corallo                      
JPR Program Manager         
(602) 452-3098
E-mail:  acorallo@courts.az.gov

COMMISSION TO VOTE ON PERFORMANCE OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES ON 2008 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT

The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review will meet at 10:00 a.m. in Room 345 of the Arizona State Courts Building on Wednesday, July 9, to vote on whether 67 justices and judges scheduled to be listed on the 2008 general election ballot Meet or Do Not Meet judicial performance standards.  The public is invited to attend the meeting.

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. 

The Commission surveyed litigants, witnesses, jurors, people who represented themselves in court, staff and attorneys who appeared before Superior Court judges from August 27 through December 31, 2007.  Surveys on appellate court justices and judges are distributed throughout their term.  More than 14,000 surveys were completed by court users about the judges reviewed in 2008.  The Commission also considers public comments made at hearings held in Phoenix and Tucson earlier this year, as well as written comments.

The Commission's findings will be published in the Secretary of State's voter pamphlet.  The findings will also be available on the Commission's website at http://www.azjudges.info/.  Voters will decide whether or not to retain each judge or justice at the November 4 general election. 

The following justices and judges are scheduled to be listed on the 2008 general election ballot:

Arizona Supreme Court:
 
W. Scott Bales

Court of Appeals Division I:

Diane M. Johnsen  
Patricia A. Orozco
Ann A. Scott Timmer
Sheldon H. Weisberg

Court of Appeals Division II:
 
Garye L. Vasquez

Superior Court in Maricopa County:

Helene F. Abrams
Linda A. Akers
Louis A. Araneta
Silvia R. Arellano
Anna M. Baca
Eddward P. Ballinger
A. Craig Blakey II
John A. Buttrick
Bruce R. Cohen
Connie C. Contes
Glenn M. Davis
John R. Ditsworth
Thomas Dunevant III
Lisa Daniel Flores
Jeanne M. Garcia
Jo Lynn Gentry-Lewis
Michael D. Gordon
John R. Hannah, Jr.
Cari A. Harrison
Ruth H. Hilliard 
Kristin Hoffman
Paul A. Katz 
Michael W. Kemp
Andrew G. Klein
Margaret R. Mahoney
Crane McClennen
Paul J. McMurdie
Colleen A. McNally
Michael R. McVey
Linda H. Miles
Robert E. Miles
Robert H. Oberbillig
Jose S. Padilla
Karen A. Potts
Timothy J. Ryan
Teresa A. Sanders
Roland J. Steinle, III
Sherry K. Stephens
Richard J. Trujillo
David K. Udall
Christopher T. Whitten
 
Superior Court in Pima County:

Edgar B. Acuña
Gustavo Aragón, Jr.
Deborah Bernini
Carmine Cornelio
Jane L. Eikleberry
Patricia Escher
Richard S. Fields
Howard Hantman
Jan E. Kearney
Virginia C. Kelly        
Kenneth Lee
John S. Leonardo
Leslie B. Miller
Michael O. Miller
Clark W. Munger
Charles S. Sabalos
Sarah R. Simmons
Paul E. Tang
Stephen C. Villarreal
Nanette Warner