Arizona Governor Appoints Two Judges to State Court of Appeals: Sheena S. Chiang and Alexander W. Samuels Fill Vacancies Left by Retirements
Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona: Governor Katie Hobbs announced on October 13 the appointment of Sheena S. Chiang and Alexander W. Samuels to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals, filling the vacancies created by the retirement of Judges David B. Gass and Samuel A. Thumma. The Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court; Division One, based in Phoenix, has 19 judges who are appointed by the governor and face retention elections for regular six-year terms.
According to the governor's office, Chiang has worked in private practice since 2020, handling criminal appeals and capital trial defense, and has also served as a judge pro tempore on the Tempe Municipal Court since 2022. She previously served in the Pima County Public Defender's Office and the Maricopa County Office of the Legal Defender, and began her career as a law clerk for Judge Terry L. Chandler of the Pima County Superior Court.
Samuels has served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Arizona Attorney General's Office since 2023. He was previously Chief of the Violent Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, and served as a law clerk for Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz, first on the Arizona Supreme Court and subsequently on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (GSM, based on the announcement by the Office of the Arizona Governor)
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Photo: 图：位于 Phoenix 的亚利桑那州议会大厦，州上诉法院第一分院同设于州府法院区。摄影：w_lemay，CC BY-SA 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix; the state Court of Appeals, Division One, sits in the capital's courts district. By w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
