Judicial Advisory Board
Meet as needed
City Council Chambers (lower level)
57 E. First Street |
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This seven-member board recommends to the City Council the best
qualified persons to become City magistrates, and evaluates the
performance of appointed magistrates and advises the City Council
about retaining them. The board meets as needed in the Council
Chambers, 57 E. First Street. The board consists of the Presiding
Judge of the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County, or
designee; one Arizona Appellate Court Judge to be appointed by the
Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; one active member of the
State Bar of Arizona who resides in Mesa; one member of the Maricopa
County Bar Association who resides in Mesa; and three Mesa electors
who are not City employees, judges in any official capacity, retired
judges nor members of the State Bar of Arizona. Members are
appointed for staggered terms of three years.
Call (480) 644-2382 for information.
Board
- Kate Ali'varius, Publisher/CEO, EduKate Publishing LLC
- Judge Margaret H. Downie, Arizona Court of Appeals, Division
One
- David Brooks, Attorney with Brooks & Affiliates, PLC
- Peter Lesar, Assistant Superintendent, Mesa Public Schools
- Phillip Austin, Chief Counsel, Law Office of Phillip A.
Austin
- Robin Harris, Insurance Agent, Mahoney Group
- Judge Teresa Sanders, Maricopa County Superior Court