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Sheldon Weisberg
| Sheldon H. Weisberg | |
|---|---|
| Arizona Court of Appeals Judge | |
| Assumed office 1992 | |
| Kingman City Attorney | |
| In office 1992 |
Sheldon H. Weisberg was a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. Weisberg was appointed to the bench in 1992. He has been retained on the court in 1996, 2002 and 2008. He retired from the court in July 2011, three years before his term was set to expire.[1][2]
Education
Weisberg is a graduate at the Ohio State University, graduating with a B.A. in 1969 and a J.D.in 1974. Following law school, he graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in 1985 while serving in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Career
After 16 years of practicing law as a partner at a law firm, Weisberg began his judicial career in 1987 as a part-time judge on juvenile cases. He was the Mohave County attorney from 1974 and then became the Kingman City Attorney in 1992.
Retention elections
Judge Weisberg faced a retention election in 2008:
- 182,465 voted in favor of retention.
- 50,351 voted against his retention.[3]
He was also retained in 2002:
- 114,481 voted in favor of retention.
- 30,690 voted against retention.[4]
And in 1996:
- 112,033 were in favor of his retention.
- 36,666 were opposed to his retention.[5]
External links
- Official biography of Sheldon Weisberg
- Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review: Sheldon H. Weisberg (dead link)
- List of Arizona Court of Appeals Division One judges
Footnotes
- ↑ Mohave Daily News, "Mohave County judge steps down from appellate court," July 10, 2011
- ↑ Email from Arizona Judicial Branch, June 30, 2011
- ↑ Arizona 2008 judicial elections, p. 14
- ↑ Arizona 2002 judicial elections, p. 12
- ↑ Arizona judicial elections, 1996, p. 17
