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 2011 / Active

John J. McGuire

Judge, Court of Appeals of Arizona

John J. McGuire is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Court of Appeals of Arizona	–	–

Education

Boise State University

Judicial Record

In our data, McGuire authored 12 published opinions for the court (1965–1970). Most cited: Mozes v. Daru (36 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.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1966	Mozes v. Daru	420 P.2d 957	36
1965	Murphy v. El Dorado Bowl, Inc.	409 P.2d 57	28
1966	Fluor Corporation v. Sykes	413 P.2d 270	24
1967	Riley v. Boyle	434 P.2d 525	17
1965	Herzog v. Reinhardt	406 P.2d 738	17
1968	Marsh v. Hawkins	437 P.2d 978	11
1968	Camacho v. Gardner	441 P.2d 249	8
1966	Fluor Corporation, Ltd. v. Sykes	416 P.2d 610	7
1966	Mann v. Hennessey	409 P.2d 597	6
1970	Maxwell v. McBryde	469 P.2d 835	2
1966	Wise v. Knapp	412 P.2d 96	2
1969	In Re Adoption of Baby Boy	455 P.2d 997	1

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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 is John J. McGuire on?: John J. McGuire is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Arizona.

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15 years 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).