Commission to Vote on Performance on 2010 Ballot

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2010

Contact:  Annette Corallo
JPR Program Manager
602-452-3098
[email protected]

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

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