Katherine A. Maraman
Katherine A. Maraman is a judge of the Guam Supreme Court. She assumed office in 2008. Her current term ends on January 31, 2029.
Maraman was unanimously selected to serve as chief justice of the Guam Supreme Court to succeed justice Robert J. Torres. Her term as the chief justice will expire in 2029 [1]
State supreme court judicial selection in Guam
Qualifications
Title 7, Chapter 3 of the Guam Code Annotated gives the qualifications for Supreme Court justices.[2]
| “ | Nomination, Appointment, Eligibility and Tenure of Justices and Judges.
(a) I Maga’lahen Guåhan [The Governor of Guam], with the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan [the Legislature], shall appoint a qualified person to each of the positions of Justice created by this Title; and subject to the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan, appoint a qualified person to any vacancy occurring in either the Supreme Court or the Superior Court of Guam, and to any newly created position of Justice or Judge authorized by statute. The Judicial Council and the Guam Bar Association may each submit a list of qualified nominees for I Maga’lahen Guåhan’s [the Governor's] consideration. No sitting Judge of the Superior Court of Guam shall be excluded from the pool of nominees for the Supreme Court of Guam. (b) [Repealed by P.L. 27-31:10] (c) The Chief Justice and each Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Guam shall be a United States citizen, a bona-fide resident of Guam for at least five (5) years and shall have been in the active practice of law on Guam for a period of at least ten (10) years before said nomination. The Presiding Judge and each other Judge of the Superior Court of Guam shall be a United States citizen, a bona-fide resident of Guam for at least five (5) years and shall be in the active practice of law on Guam for a period of seven (7) years before said nomination.[3] |
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| —Guam Code Annotated: Title 7, Chapter 3 Supreme Court of Guam | ||
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Pacific Daily News, "Katherine Maraman elected chief justice of Supreme Court of Guam", accessed January 21, 2026]
- ↑ Judiciary of Guam Web Search, "Guam Code Annotated: Title 7, Chapter 3 Supreme Court of Guam" accessed November 25, 2020
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
