Judge Gass was appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano in January and has been assigned to the family court department at the Southeast Court Facility in Mesa.

Before his judicial appointment, he served as the director of legislative affairs to the Attorney General’s Office and a judge pro tempore. Prior to his assignment at the Attorney General’s Office, he worked as legal counsel at the Arizona House of Representatives. Judge Gass was also an associate at Lewis & Roca and a law clerk for then Court of Appeals Judge Ruth McGregor.

Judge Gass received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Masters of Arts in Communications from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. He received his Juris Doctorate from Arizona State University.