亚利桑那州州长任命两名州上诉法院法官：Sheena S. Chiang 与 Alexander W. Samuels 填补退休空缺
位于亚利桑那州 Maricopa 县的 Phoenix 市消息：州长 Katie Hobbs 10月13日宣布，任命 Sheena S. Chiang 与 Alexander W. Samuels 出任亚利桑那州上诉法院第一分院法官，填补法官 David B. Gass 与 Samuel A. Thumma 退休后留下的空缺。州上诉法院是该州的中级上诉法院，第一分院设于 Phoenix，共有19名法官，由州长任命产生，任期六年并须经留任选举。
据州长办公室介绍，Chiang 自2020年起从事私人执业，办理刑事上诉与死刑案件审判辩护，并自2022年起兼任 Tempe 市法院临时法官。此前她先后在 Pima 县公设辩护人办公室与 Maricopa 县法律辩护人办公室任职，职业生涯起步于担任 Pima 县高等法院法官 Terry L. Chandler 的法官助理。
Samuels 自2023年起任亚利桑那州总检察长办公室首席副检察长。此前他曾任联邦检察官办公室亚利桑那区暴力犯罪科科长，并先后担任法官 Andrew D. Hurwitz 在亚利桑那州最高法院与联邦第九巡回上诉法院任职期间的法官助理。（GSM 据亚利桑那州州长办公室公告）
Arizona Governor Appoints Two Judges to State Court of Appeals: Sheena S. Chiang and Alexander W. Samuels Fill Vacancies Left by Retirements
Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona: Governor Katie Hobbs announced on October 13 the appointment of Sheena S. Chiang and Alexander W. Samuels to Division One of the Arizona Court of Appeals, filling the vacancies created by the retirement of Judges David B. Gass and Samuel A. Thumma. The Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court; Division One, based in Phoenix, has 19 judges who are appointed by the governor and face retention elections for regular six-year terms.
According to the governor's office, Chiang has worked in private practice since 2020, handling criminal appeals and capital trial defense, and has also served as a judge pro tempore on the Tempe Municipal Court since 2022. She previously served in the Pima County Public Defender's Office and the Maricopa County Office of the Legal Defender, and began her career as a law clerk for Judge Terry L. Chandler of the Pima County Superior Court.
Samuels has served as Principal Deputy Solicitor General in the Arizona Attorney General's Office since 2023. He was previously Chief of the Violent Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona, and served as a law clerk for Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz, first on the Arizona Supreme Court and subsequently on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (GSM, based on the announcement by the Office of the Arizona Governor)
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图片来源：图：位于 Phoenix 的亚利桑那州议会大厦，州上诉法院第一分院同设于州府法院区。摄影：w_lemay，CC BY-SA 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix; the state Court of Appeals, Division One, sits in the capital's courts district. By w_lemay, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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