Judicial Biographies >Commissioners Commissioner Jerry Bernstein

Current Assignment: Criminal

Assignment History:

• 12/2007 - present - Criminal

Work History:

• 1986-2007 - Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney's Office
• 1983-1986 - Assistant Phoenix Prosecutor
• 1980-1983 - Deputy Public Defender, Rochester, NY
• 1978-1980 - Private practice in Rochester, New York
• 1977-1978 - Assistant Professor at the State University of NY at Fredonia

Education:

• Juris Doctorate, State University of New York at Buffalo (1976)
• Bachelor of Arts, Washington University (1973)

Committees/Associations:

• Arizona State Bar, New York State Bar, U.S. Supreme Court Bar, U.S. District Court bars in Arizona and Western District of New York
• Committee on the Impact of Domestic Violence in the Courts
• Diversity and Membership Chairperson for the Governor's Commission on Violence Against Women