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Ann Timmer
Vice Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Assumed office
July 1, 2019
Preceded by Robert M. Brutinel
Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Assumed office
October 12, 2012
Appointed by Jan Brewer
Preceded by Andrew Hurwitz
Personal details
Born (1960-09-12) September 12, 1960 (age 63)
Political party Republican [1]
Education University of Arizona ( BA)
Arizona State University, Tempe ( JD)

Ann A. Scott Timmer (born September 12, 1960) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court since 2012, concurrently serving as vice chief justice since 2019.

Education

Timmer attended the University of Arizona and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1982. [2] Timmer graduated from Arizona State University College of Law in 1985. [3] In 2018, Justice Timmer graduated from Duke Law School with an LLM in judicial studies. [4]

Career

Prior to her appointment to the Arizona Supreme Court, Timmer was the chief judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One. She was appointed in 2000 by former Governor Jane Dee Hull. Timmer was retained to the court in 2002 and 2008.

Timmer also previously worked for private law firms in Phoenix, Arizona. She focused on commercial and employment litigation, and tried capital murder cases both as a defense attorney and as a special prosecutor. [5]

Family

Timmer's sister, Laurie Roberts, is a columnist for the Arizona Republic. Roberts frequently writes columns that are critical of Arizona's judiciary and other aspects of Arizona government. [6]

Timmer is married and has three daughters. Because one of her daughters is deaf, Timmer learned American Sign Language at the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind in Tucson. [7]

Publications

  • “Working Class – What Seasoned Attorneys Will Never Tell You,” Arizona Attorney, February 2008 (cover-featured article) [1]
  • “Diversity Lunches Answer the Real Questions,” Maricopa Lawyer, December 2004 [ permanent dead link] [ permanent dead link] (p. 14)
  • “Alternative Work: Wave of the Future or Fast Track,” Arizona Attorney, May 2001 (co-author) [ permanent dead link] [ permanent dead link]

References

  1. ^ "Help Center - the Arizona Republic" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer". www.azcourts.gov. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ann Timmer". Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  4. ^ MJS Bios judicialstudies.duke.edu May 2018
  5. ^ "Help Center - the Arizona Republic".
  6. ^ "Sometimes a newspaper's ethics guidelines have to be flexible - McGuire on Media". May 19, 2010.
  7. ^ "2 state court nominees have roots in Tucson - Tucson Citizen Morgue, Part 2 (1993-2009)". tucsoncitizen.com.

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Preceded by Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
2012–present
Incumbent