JUDICIAL NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR OPENINGS ON SUPERIOR COURT IN MARICOPA COUNTY
March 1, 2023
PHOENIX-The Maricopa County Commission on Trial Court Appointments has recommended 12 candidates to Governor Katie Hobbs for four openings on the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
The nominees for the openings created by the appointment of Judge Daniel J. Kiley to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals and three seats vacated by Judges Rusty D. Crandell, Stephen M. Hopkins, and Howard D. Sukenic are:
· Christian J. Bell,(AWLA Member)Democrat, of Peoria, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Michelle Carson, (AWLA Member) Democrat, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Marischa H. Gilla, Republican, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Gregory J. Gnepper, Independent, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Melody G. Harmon(AWLA Member), Democrat, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Amy M. Kalman, (AWLA Member) Democrat, of Tempe, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Steven W. McCarthy, Independent, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
Advice section at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
· Colleen E. O’Donnell-Smith, (AWLA Member) Democrat, of Phoenix, Unit Chief Counsel of the Civil and Criminal Litigation and Advice section at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office.
· Brian J. Palmer, Independent, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Suzanne J. Reed, (AWLA Member)Democrat, of Phoenix, Staff Attorney at the Arizona Supreme Court.
· Annielaurie Van Wie(AWLA Member)) Independent, of Phoenix, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
· Melissa M. Zabor, (AWLA Member)Democrat, of Tempe, Commissioner with the Superior Court in Maricopa County.
Governor Hobbs will make the appointments.