H/T Christina Pasterz
The following recommendations were published in the September 29th "Republican Briefs".
Former West Valley Office Manager/ LD22 Activist Karen Thomas’ Judge Recommendations: Most info received from arizonajudgesreview.blogspot.com andJudicialPerformanceReview.com. I will be voting YES for the names in Bold and highlighted in yellow. I’ve noted the judges who received less than 60% of the vote for retention in the 2010 General election. All others, except Karen O’Connor who received 71.66%, received in the 60s%.
· ARIZONA SUPREME COURT
o Bales, Scott – Napolitano 2005 Appointee
o Brutinel, Robert – Brewer 2010 Appointee
· MARICOPA COUNTY COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION I
o Howe, Randall M. – Brewer 2012 Appointee -
o Johnsen, Diane M. – Napolitano 2006 Appointee -
o Thumma, Samuel A. – Brewer 2012 Appointee -
· MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
o Aceto, Mark F. – Symington 1995 Appointee - Conservatives have a very favorable opinion about this judge. Received favorable reviews. Serves in Juvenile Court
o Anderson, Aimee L. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Serves in Juvenile Court
o Anderson, Arthur T. – Hull 1999 Appointee - considered soft on crime. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Astrowsky, Bradley – Brewer 2012 Appointee – Serves in Juvenile Court
o Bailey, Cynthia J. – Brewer 2011 Appointee -
o Barton, Janet R. – Hull 2000 Appointee – 2010 Election Results she received 56.68% of the vote for retention. Special assignment Criminal court
o Bassett, Edward W. – Napolitano 2008 Appointee – Democrat – Received negative reviews. Serves in Family Court.
o Bergin, Dawn M. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Former attorney for Napolitano’s old law firm. Received negative reviews. Serves in Juvenile Court
o Blomo, James T. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Civil Court.
o Brain, Mark H. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Criminal Court.
o Brodman, Roger R. – Symington 2002 Appointee – moderate Republican. Serves in Juvenile Court
o Brotherton, William L. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Democrat – Formerly a far-left legislator – Inductee into the Sierra Club Hall of Fame – Has received negative reviews. 2010 Election Results he received 56.87% of the vote for retention. Serves in Family Court.
o Cooper, Katherine M. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Civil Court.
o Crawford, Janice K. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Family Court
o Cunanan, David O. – Brewer 2012 Appointee – Serves in Criminal Court.
o Davis, Norman J. – Symington 1995 Appointee – Republican – Presiding Judge in Family Court and Juvenile Court.
o Duncan, Sally S. – Napolitano 2004 Appointee – Reputed to be a very lenient criminal judge except when it comes to domestic violence. Has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Dunn, Boyd W. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Civil Court.
o Fenzel, Alfred M. – Hull 1999 Appointee – Republican – Reputable attorneys have a good opinion of him but say he’s a little soft on crime.
o Fink, Dean M. – Napolitano 2006 Appointee – Democrat – Former attorney at Napolitano’s old law firm. Has received negative reviews.
o Foster, Jr., George H. – Hull or Napolitano 2003 Appointee – Democrat – somewhat liberal but considered one of the most pleasant judges. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Gama, J. Richard – Hull 2000 Appointee – Democrat but considered tough on crime. Somewhat liberal. Has received negative reviews and his rating was recently lowered. Presiding Judge in Civil Court.
o Granville, Warren J. – Hull 2000 Appointee – Republican but very liberal. Has received negative reviews. Criminal court, Capital case. He gave a criminal only 1 year in jail and 4 years probation for breaking into a woman’s home and brutally beating her. Fortunately, she had a gun and shot the SOB in his junk and now he is “permanently damaged”. Good! Maybe now he won’t be bringing any other criminals into this world.
o Hegyl, Hugh E. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Former assistant to a liberal Senator. Active in the State Bar’s left wing’s Legal Services Committee. Has received negative reviews. 2010 Election Results he received only 56.3% of the vote for retention. Serves in Civil Court.
o Herrod, Michael J. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Civil Court. Husband of Cathi Herrod, head of conservative family organization Center for Arizona Policy.
o Hicks, Bethany G. – Hull 1999 Appointee – Considered soft on crime and invents laws. Has received negative reviews. 2010 Election Results she received only 53.48% of the vote for retention. Serves in Civil Court.
o Hyatt, Carey S. – Hull 2000 Appointee – Republican – Serves in Family Court
o Ishikawa, Brian K. – Symington Appointee 1995 – Republican – Received high rating. Serves in Juvenile Court
o Kreamer, Joseph C. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Democrat – Board of Directors, left-wing AZ Foundation for Legal Services and Education. Former Chair and active in State Bar’s left wing Legal Services. Has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court and Civil Court.
o Martin, Daniel G. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Mroz, Rosa P. – Napolitano 2004 Appointee – Very Liberal – Has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Myers, Samuel J. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Former legislative intern for Democrat Senator Dennis DeConcini, Has received negative reviews. Special Assignment, Civil Court.
o Norris, Benjamin R. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Has received negative reviews. 2010 Election results he received only 55.48% of the vote for retention. Serves in Family Court. Is the only judge to not meet the standards from the Judicial Performance Review.
o O’Connor, Karen L. – Hull 2000 Appointee – Considered fair. High rating. Presiding judge of the Phoenix Probate/Mental Health court.
o Pineda, Suzanna C. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Considered to be a RINO. Has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Polk, Jay – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Family Court.
o Porter, Gerald J. – Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Family Court and Civil Court. Did not do well on the Judicial Performance Review.
o Rea, John C. – Napolitano 2004 Appointee – Democrat - Has received negative reviews. Serves on Civil Court.
o Reinstein, Peter C. – Hull 1999 Appointee – High Rating – Serves in Family Court
o Ronan, Emmet J. – Hull 2000 Appointee – Defended some of the most heinous criminals in the state. Received negative reviews.
o Sinclair, Joan M. – Brewer 2012 Appointee – Serves in Juvenile Court
o Svoboda, Pamela Hearn – Brewer 2012 Appointee – Serves in Juvenile Court
o Talamante, David M. – Hull 1999 Appointee – Independent - formerly worked for AG’s office and left wing community legal services. Considered somewhat fair, middle of the road, not biased towards criminal defense but not considered a tough sentencer. Presiding judge in Family Court.
o Viola, Danielle J. - Brewer 2011 Appointee – Serves in Family Court.
o Warner, Randall H. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Democrat - former law clerk for liberal AZ Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Ziaket. State Bar of AZ, Editorial Committee, left wing AZ Attorney Magazine, AZ Association of Denfense Counsel. Circulated anti-marriage petitions for Napolitano and was rewarded with a judgeship for it. Has received negative reviews. Serves in Family Court.
o Welty, Joseph C. – Napolitano 2007 Appointee – Democrat - has received negative reviews. Serves in Criminal Court.
o Willett, Eileen S. – Hull 1999 Appointee – High rating. Serves on Civil Court.
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Karen Mahon
Secretary, LD20
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I noticed that you mention non-GOP judges who received negative reviews. I am not sure what you mean by that since the highlighted judges also received tons of negative comments. I think going in to voting with party bias on judicial vote is not fair. Some of the GOP judges you are recommending scored very low in integrity which is a very important score to consider. That makes me worried of the value of your list.
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