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Michael Ryan
Republican
2002 - Present EMPLOYMENT: -Justice, Arizona Supreme Court. Appointed by the Governor, May 21, 2002. Began duties on July 1, 2002. -Judge, Court of Appeals, Phoenix, Arizona. October 8, 1996, to July 1, 2002. Appointed by the Governor, September 11, 1996. Vice Chief Judge of the Court from July 1, 2001, to July 1, 2002. -Judge, Superior Court, Maricopa County. June 1986 to October 8, 1996. Appointed by the Governor, May 1986. Associate Criminal Presiding Judge, 1993-1996. -Full time Judge pro tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court, October 1985 to June 1986. -Deputy County Attorney, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, October 1977 to October 1985. Served in the Major Felony Bureau, and one of four trial group managers in the office. Also co-coordinator of the office’s sex crimes unit. EDUCATION: -Jurist Doctorate degree from Arizona State University Law School, May 1977. -Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, June 1967. MILITARY SERVICE: -United States Marine Corps, September 1967 to February 1969. Medically retired as a result of wounds received in Vietnam. Served in Vietnam as platoon commander. Last rank was First Lieutenant. Awarded the Bronze Star, with a combat “V” for actions in combat. Also awarded two Purple Hearts. SELECTED COMMUNITY SERVICE: -Chair, Arizona Supreme Court’s Committee on Keeping the Record, 2004 to present. -Member, Advisory Committee for the National Center for State Courts, Center for Effective Public Policy and State Justice Institute’s National Solutions Project, 2003 to present. -Vice Chair, Arizona State Bar’s Task Force on Persons with Disabilities in the Profession, 2002 to present. -Member, Task Force on the Recruitment and Retention of Women and Minority Lawyers, Maricopa County Bar Association, 1997 through the present; Chair, 1997 to 2004. -Member, Scottsdale Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, 1999 through the present; Chair, 1999 to 2002. -Co-chair, Maricopa County Bar Association’s One Hundred Women and Minority Lawyers= Dinner, 1999 through 2000. -Member, Arizona Attorney General’s Capital Case Commission, 2000 through 2002. Chaired the Commission=s Direct Appeal-Post-Conviction Relief subcommittee and also served on the Data-Research subcommittee of the Commission. -Member, Maricopa County Resource Site Team for the Center for Sex Offender Management, 1996 through 2000. -Member, Arizona Committee on Probation Officer Certification, 1995 through 1996. -Member, Board of Directors, Maricopa County Bar Association, 1987 to 1991, and 1997 to 2002. -For more than 15 years, volunteer judge for the Arizona High School Mock Trial Program sponsored by the Arizona Center for Law-Related Education and Young Lawyers of Arizona. Presided over both regional and state competitions. SELECTED AWARDS: -Board of Directors’ Member of the Year, Maricopa County Bar Association, 1999-2000. -Semper Fi award, Phoenix Chapter, First Marine Division Association, 2001. -Judicial Award of Excellence for outstanding dedication and commitment to improving the justice system, State Bar of Arizona, Public Lawyers Section, 2001. -Honorable Henry S. Stevens Judge of the Year Award for outstanding service to improve the legal system, legal profession and professionalism of the bench and bar, Maricopa County Bar Association, 2001. -Arizona State University College of Law’s Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2003. -Arizona State University College of Law’s Distinguished Achievement Award, 2003. -State Bar of Arizona's James A. Walsh Outstanding Jurist Award, 2005 |
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