Judge Christopher WHITTEN
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Current Assignment:
Juvenile
Department Phoenix |
Department: JuvenileYear: 2/2020Location: Phoenix |
Department: Presiding Tax Court/CivilYear: 6/2014Location: Phoenix |
Department: Family CourtYear: 6/2011Location: Phoenix |
Department: CriminalYear: 6/2008Location: Phoenix |
Department: CivilYear: 10/2006Location: Southeast Facility in Mesa |
Department: Presiding Tax Court/CivilYear: 6/2014 |
2006 - Present: | Judge, Superior Court in Maricopa County |
1999 - 2006: | Private Practice Attorney, Whitten Berry, P.L.L.C., Phoenix |
1996 - 1999: | Private Practice Attorney, Holloway, Odegard & Sweeney law firm, Phoenix |
1993 - 1996: | Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney's Office, Phoenix |
1991 - 1993: | Law Clerk, Hon. John L. Claborne, Arizona Court of Appeals |
- Juris Doctorate, 1991, University of San Diego
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Marketing, 1988, University of Arizona
- State Bar of Arizona
- State Bar of California
- Adjunct Law Professor (LSU, USD, Emory, Arizona Summit)
- Chair, National Judicial College (2019-)
- Board of Directors, American Board of Trial Advocates, Phoenix (2018-)
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Hon. Robert E. Keeton Award (2017)
- Faculty, trial advocacy trainings throughout the United States and in Mexico, Ireland, Myanmar (Burma), Egypt, Guam, Saipan and Japan
- Board of Directors, Foundation for Blind Children (2008-2017)
- Chair, ABA National Conference of State Trial Judges (2015)
- Board of Directors, Arizona School for the Arts (2009-2013)
- Board of Directors, Recreational Association of Madison Meadows and Simis(2005-2009)
- President, St. Thomas More Society (1996)
* You may also want to view my Commercial Court Biography.
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