How do judges of the Supreme Court of Arizona reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Supreme Court of Arizona / Joined 2003 / Served to 2012

Andrew David Hurwitz

Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona

Andrew David Hurwitz was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona, who joined the court in 2003. He earned a law degree from Yale University in 1972. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Tenure: 2003–2012 · 9 yrs
Education: Princeton 1968 · Yale 1972

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Supreme Court of Arizona	–	–

Education

Princeton University	A.B.	1968
Yale University	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

In our data, Hurwitz authored 15 published opinions for the court (2003–2012), plus 4 dissents and 12 concurrences. Most cited: State v. Henderson (1,009 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 31 of these were attributed to Hurwitz by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2005	State v. Henderson· Concurrence†	115 P.3d 601	1,009
2007	Gipson v. Kasey· Concurrence†	150 P.3d 228	306
2006	State v. Berger· Concurrence†	134 P.3d 378	122
2009	Seisinger v. Siebel†	203 P.3d 483	116
2006	State v. McGill· Concurrence†	140 P.3d 930	104
2005	City of Tucson v. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc.†	209 Ariz. 544	88
2004	McKaney v. Foreman· Concurrence†	100 P.3d 18	73
2008	Arizona Department of Revenue v. Action Marine, Inc.· Dissent†	181 P.3d 188	37
2008	Town of Gilbert Prosecutor's Office v. Downie· Concurrence†	189 P.3d 393	24
2006	Fearnow v. Ridenour, Swenson, Cleere & Evans, P.C.†	138 P.3d 723	22
2009	Arizona Minority Coalition for Fair Redistricting v. Redistricting Com'n Arizona Independent· Concurrence†	208 P.3d 676	21
2011	Julia Vasquez v. Saxon Mortgage Inc†	228 Ariz. 357	20
2010	McLaughlin v. Bennett· Concurrence†	225 Ariz. 351	20
2005	State Ex Rel. Department of Economic Security v. Hayden†	210 Ariz. 522	18
2010	Marianne Waldow v. James Laporta†	226 Ariz. 277	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Arizona reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Andrew David Hurwitz on?: Andrew David Hurwitz was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona.

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9 years on the Supreme Court of Arizona. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).