PHOENIX — Judge Cynthia Bailey has appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Diane M. Johnsen.
Bailey has been a judge with the Maricopa County Superior Court since 2012. Before her appointment as a Judge on the Superior Court, she served as a Commissioner on the same court for 2 years. She is currently the Northeast Regional Court Presiding Judge and handles a civil calendar.
Prior to joining the bench, Judge Bailey was a Deputy Maricopa County Attorney.
Bailey also worked at the Arizona Legislature where she was the Senate Rules Attorney from 1997-2001 and served as the Senate Judiciary Committee Analyst in 2004.
Bailey graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She then received her law degree from the Arizona State University College of Law. .