U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona is a United States district court, a federal trial court where most federal civil and criminal cases are first heard. It lies within the Ninth Circuit, which reviews its decisions on appeal. This page lists every judge to serve on the court, current and former, with who appointed them and whom they succeeded.
| Judge | Appointed by | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen M. McNamee | Bush (R) | 1990 |
| Roslyn O. Silver | Clinton (D) | 1994 |
| Frank R. Zapata | Clinton (D) | 1996 |
| Raner Christercunean Collins | Clinton (D) | 1998 |
| Susan Ritchie Bolton | Clinton (D) | 2000 |
| James A. Teilborg | Clinton (D) | 2000 |
| Frederick J. Martone | Bush (R) | 2001 |
| David C. Bury | Bush (R) | 2002 |
| Cindy K. Jorgenson | Bush (R) | 2002 |
| David G. Campbell | Bush (R) | 2003 |
| Neil Vincent Wake | Bush (R) | 2004 |
| G. Murray Snow | Bush (R) | 2008 |
| Jennifer Guerin Zipps | Obama (D) | 2011 |
| Diane Joyce Humetewa | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Steven Paul Logan | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Rosemary Márquez | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Douglas Leroy Rayes | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| James Alan Soto | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| John Joseph Tuchi | Obama (D) | 2014 |
| Susan Marie Brnovich | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Dominic William Lanza | Trump (R) | 2018 |
| Michael Thomas Liburdi | Trump (R) | 2019 |
| John Charles Hinderaker | Trump (R) | 2020 |
| Scott Hugh Rash | Trump (R) | 2020 |
| Krissa Marie Lanham | Biden (D) | 2024 |
| Angela Marie Martinez | Biden (D) | 2024 |
| Sharad Harshad Desai | Biden (D) | 2025 |
| Judge | Appointed by | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Helen Murguia | Clinton (D) | 2000–2011 |
| John McCarthy Roll | Bush (R) | 1991–2011 |
| Robert Cameron Broomfield | Reagan (R) | 1985–2014 |
| Roger Gordon Strand | Reagan (R) | 1985–2017 |
| William Docker Browning | Reagan (R) | 1984–2008 |
| Paul Gerhardt Rosenblatt | Reagan (R) | 1984–2019 |
| Earl Hamblin Carroll | Carter (D) | 1980–2017 |
| Charles Leach Hardy | Carter (D) | 1980–2010 |
| Alfredo Chavez Marquez | Carter (D) | 1980–2014 |
| Richard Mansfield Bilby | Carter (D) | 1979–1998 |
| Valdemar Aguirre Cordova | Carter (D) | 1979–1988 |
| Mary Anne Richey | Ford (R) | 1976–1983 |
| William C. Frey | Nixon (R) | 1970–1979 |
| William Perry Copple | Johnson (D) | 1966–2000 |
| Charles Andrew Muecke | Johnson (D) | 1964–2007 |
| Walter Early Craig | Kennedy (D) | 1963–1986 |
| Arthur Marshall Davis | Kennedy (D) | 1961–1963 |
| James Augustine Walsh | Truman (D) | 1952–1991 |
| Howard C. Speakman | Truman (D) | 1946–1952 |
| David W. Ling | Roosevelt (D) | 1936–1965 |
| Albert Morris Sames | Hoover (R) | 1931–1958 |
| Fred Clinton Jacobs | Harding (R) | 1923–1958 |
| William Henry Sawtelle | Wilson (D) | 1913–1931 |
| Richard Elihu Sloan | Taft (R) | ?–1913 |
How a judge gets here. Each judge is nominated by a president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, then holds a numbered seat, for life, until they take senior status, or until they leave the bench. Open any judge to see who appointed them, how the Senate voted, and whom they succeeded, a chain that runs back to 1913.
Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-06-28. Verify against the primary source before relying.