Sedona AZ (June 13, 2016) – The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review will meet at 1:00 p.m. in the San Pedro Room of the JW Marriott Starr Pass in Tucson, on Friday, June 24, to vote on whether 70 justices and judges scheduled to be listed on the 2016 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 32-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 24 through December 18, 2015. Surveys on appellate court justices and judges are distributed throughout their term.

More than 13,000 surveys were completed by court users about the judges reviewed in 2015. The Commission also considers public comments made at hearings held in Phoenix, Tucson and Florence 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 8 general election. The following justices and judges are scheduled to be listed on the 2016 general election ballot:

Arizona Supreme Court: Ann A. Scott Timmer

Court of Appeals, Division 1: Michael J. Brown, Kent E. Cattani, Kenton D. Jones, Jon W. Thompson, Lawrence F. Winthrop.

Court of Appeals, Division 2: Michael O. Miller.

Superior Court in Maricopa County: Jay A. Adleman, Jo Lynn Gentry, Joseph P. Mikitish, James P. Beene, Douglas Gerlach, Karen A. Mullins, Susan M. Brnovich, Michael D. Gordon, Robert H. Oberbillig, Lori H. Bustamante, John R. Hannah, Jr., Jose S. Padilla, Rodrick J. Coffey, Cari A. Harrison, David J. Palmer, Bruce R. Cohen, Kristin C. Hoffman, Timothy J. Ryan, Suzanne E. Cohen, Michael W. Kemp, Teresa A. Sanders, Connie C. Contes, Daniel J. Kiley, Patricia Starr, Christopher A. Coury, Andrew G. Klein, Sherry K. Stephens, John R. Ditsworth, Margaret R. Mahoney, Timothy J. Thomason, Lisa D. Flores, M. Scott McCoy, Peter A. Thompson, Jeanne M. Garcia, Paul J. McMurdie, David K. Udall, David B. Gass, Colleen A. McNally, Christopher T. Whitten, Pamela S. Gates, Kathleen H. Mead

Superior Court in Pima County: Gus Aragón, Jr., Jane L. Eikleberry, Leslie B. Miller, Deborah Bernini, Richard S. Fields, Scott H. Rash, Sean E. Brearcliffe, Richard E. Gordon, Sarah R. Simmons, Kyle A. Bryson, Brenden J. Griffin, Paul E. Tang, Michael J. Butler, Kenneth Lee, Joan L. Wagener, Carmine Cornelio, D. Douglas Metcalf

Superior Court in Pinal County: Karl C. Eppich, Jason Holmberg, Joseph R. Georgini, Stephen F. McCarville, Henry G. Gooday, Jr.

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