Judge Joan SINCLAIR
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Current Assignment:
Civil
Department Phoenix |
Department: Family CourtYear: 6/2018Location: Phoenix |
Department: CriminalYear: 6/2015Location: Phoenix |
Department: JuvenileYear: 8/2012Location: Juvenile Court Durango Facility |
2012 - Present: | Superior Court Judge, Maricpa County |
2006 - 2012: | Commissioner, Superior Court |
2003 - 2006: | Lawyer, Dodge, Anderson, Mableson, Steiner, Jones & Horowitz, Ltd.,, Phoenix, Arizona |
2002 - 2003: | Lawyer, Lawyer with Meagher & Geer , Scottsdale, Arizona |
2001 - 2002: | Law Clerk, Chief Justice Charles E. Jones, Arizona Supreme Court , Phoenix, Arizona |
1999 - 2001: | Staff Attorney, Arizona Death Penalty Judicial Assistance Program, Superior Court Maricopa County, Phoenix, Arizona |
1996 - 1999: | Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix, Arizona |
1995 - 1996: | Legal Intern, Office of the City Attorney-Criminal Division, Tucson, Arizona |
1989 - 1995: | Assistant Solicitor, Dekalb County Juvenile Court, Atlanta, Georgia |
1988 - 1989: | Assistant Regional Counsel, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia |
1987 - 1988: | Regional Staff Attorney, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Social Security Disability Litigation Unit, Atlanta, Georgia |
- Bachelor or Arts, Magna Cum Laude, History, 1983, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York
- Juris Doctor, 1986, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School
- 1982, Abroad in Graz, Austria, Karl-Franzens Universität
- Licensed in Arizona, Georgia and New York
- Arizona State Bar Association, Criminal Jury Instructions Committee, 1998-2000
- Past member, Arizona State Bar Association, Employment and Labor Law Section
- Past member, Arizona Women Lawyers Association
- Past membership chair, Thurgood Marshall Inn of Court
- Past member, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice