Current Assignment:
Criminal
Department
Phoenix
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Assignment History:
Department:
Criminal
Year:
6/2023
Location:
Phoenix
Department:
Family Court
Year:
8/2020
Location:
Northeast Regional Court Center
Department:
Criminal
Year:
6/2019
Location:
Phoenix
Department:
Probate
Year:
6/2018
Location:
Phoenix
Department:
Mental Health
Year:
2/2018
Location:
Desert Vista
Department:
Probate
Year:
11/2015
Location:
Phoenix
Work History:
2020 - Present:
Superior Court Judge, Maricopa County
2015 - 2020:
Commissioner, Maricopa County Superior Court
2014 - 2015:
Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court
2006 - 2015:
Founding Member, Schwartz Law Firm, PLLC
2001 - 2006:
Attorney, Cheifetz Iannitelli Marcolini, PC
1999 - 2001:
Attorney, Engelman Berger, PC
1998 - 1999:
Attorney, Wilenchik & Bartness, PC
1997 - 1997:
Extern, U.S. Attorney's Office
1995 - 1996:
Law Clerk, Matz & Rubin, PLLC
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, 1994, University of Arizona, Honors College
- Juris Doctor, 1997, Arizona State University College of Law
Committees/Associations:
- Judicial Officer of the Year, Maricopa County Bar Association
- Bench/Bar Committee, Judicial Chair, Maricopa County Bar Association
- Probate and Trust Section Executive Council, Judicial Representative, State Bar of Arizona
- Outreach Committee, Maricopa County Superior Court
- American Inn of Court, Arizona Bankruptcy
- Maricopa County Bar Association, Former Chair of Bankruptcy Section, Technology Section, and Lawyer Referral Service
Community Involvement:
- Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, Outreach Committee
- ASU Law School, Probate: Contested Matters, Presenter
- Our Courts America, Court Fundamentals, Presenter
- Men's Arts Council, Phoenix Art Museum, Former Board of Director and Member
- Phoenix Rising Youth Soccer, Coach