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

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

Court of Appeals of Arizona / Joined 2000 / Served to 2001

James M. Ackerman

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arizona

James M. Ackerman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona, who joined the court in 2000. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Tenure: 2000–2001 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	Court of Appeals of Arizona	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Ackerman authored 5 published opinions for the court (2000–2001). Most cited: Ramsey Air Meds, L.L.C. v. Cutter Aviation, Inc. (69 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. 2 of these were attributed to Ackerman 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
2000	Ramsey Air Meds, L.L.C. v. Cutter Aviation, Inc.†	198 Ariz. 10	69
2000	Benjamin v. Gear Roller Hockey Equipment, Inc.	11 P.3d 421	7
2001	State v. Bomar	19 P.3d 613	6
2000	Coulter v. Industrial Commission†	198 Ariz. 384	3
2000	Special Fund Division v. Arizona Department of Transportation	8 P.3d 412	1

Showing the 5 most-cited of 5 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 Court of Appeals of Arizona reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was James M. Ackerman on?: James M. Ackerman was a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona.

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