FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2010

Contact:  Annette Corallo
JPR Program Manager
602-452-3098
acorallo@courts.az.gov

The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review will meet at 11:00 a.m. in Room 345 of the Arizona State Courts Building on Wednesday, June 23, to vote on whether 64 justices and judges scheduled to be listed on the 2010 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 31 through December 31, 2009.  Surveys on appellate court justices and judges are distributed throughout their term.  More than 16,000 surveys were completed by court users about the judges reviewed in 2010.  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 www.azjudges.info .  Voters will decide whether or not to retain each judge or justice at the November 2 general election. 

The following justices and judges are scheduled to be listed on the 2010 general election ballot:

Arizona Supreme Court:

Rebecca White Berch

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

Joseph C. Kreamer

Raymond Lee

J. Kenneth Mangum

Daniel G. Martin

Rosa P. Mroz

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