Harriett Chavez

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Harriett Chavez

Prior offices:

Maricopa County Superior Court

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona, 1975

Law

University of Arizona College of Law, 1978

Harriett Chavez was the presiding Northwest/Family Court judge (Northwest Division) for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. Chavez left the court in 2014.

Education

Chavez earned her bachelor’s degree in education and history from the University of Arizona in 1975 and her J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1978.

Career

• 2003-2014: Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court
• 1991-2003: Commissioner, Maricopa County Superior Court
• 1989-1991: Judge, Phoenix Municipal Court
• 1986-1989: Assistant Arizona Attorney General
• 1981-1986: Deputy Maricopa County Attorney
• 1979-1981: Assistant Phoenix City Prosecutor
• 1978-1979: Assistant Mesa City Prosecutor

2010 election

Chavez was retained with 62.4 percent of the vote in 2010.

Main article: Arizona judicial elections, 2010

Read her Judicial Performance Report here.

See also

• Maricopa County, Arizona
• Arizona Superior Courts

External links

• The Judicial Branch of Arizona: Maricopa County, "Judicial Biographies: Superior Court Judges," accessed August 5, 2014

Footnotes

Arizona courts

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Federal courts:

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona

State courts:

Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona