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James Beene
Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
Incumbent
Assumed office April 26, 2019
Appointed by	Doug Ducey
Preceded by	John Pelander
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 58–59)
Political party	Republican
Education	University of California, Santa Barbara (BS) University of Arizona (JD)

James Patrick Beene (born 1965) is an American lawyer who has served a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court since 2019.

Early life and education

Beene is a graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he received a bachelor's degree in political science. He graduated from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1991.

Career

After graduating law school, Beene worked as a prosecutor in the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. He also worked in the appellate section of the Arizona Attorney General's Office.

State judicial service

He spent seven years as a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court, and then was appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals on December 9, 2016.

Appointment to Arizona Supreme Court

On April 26, 2019, Governor Doug Ducey announced his appointment of Beene to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona. He was appointed to the seat left vacant by the retirement of John Pelander. He was sworn in on June 3, 2019, by Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs.

See also

• List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

References

1. "Judicial History". Arizona Judicial Branch. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
2. ^ "Governor Ducey Appoints James P. Beene To The Supreme Court Of Arizona". Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
3. "James P. Beene". www.azcourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
4. "Beene Sworn In As New AZ Supreme Court Justice". www.knau.org. June 4, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.

External links

• Biography at Ballotpedia
• Vacancy Application. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019.

v t e Statewide political officials of Arizona
U.S. senators	Kyrsten Sinema Mark Kelly
State government	Katie Hobbs, Governor Adrian Fontes, Secretary of State Kris Mayes, Attorney General Kimberly Yee, Treasurer Tom Horne, Superintendent Paul Marsh, Mine Inspector Lea Márquez Peterson, Nick Myers, Jim O'Connor, Kevin Thompson, and Anna Tovar, Corporation Commissioners
Senate	Warren Petersen, President T. J. Shope, President pro tempore Sonny Borrelli, Majority Leader Mitzi Epstein, Minority Leader
House	Ben Toma, Speaker Travis Grantham, Speaker pro tempore Leo Biasiucci, Majority Leader Lupe Contreras, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Ann Timmer, Chief Justice John Lopez, Vice Chief Justice Clint Bolick James Beene Bill Montgomery Kathryn Hackett King 1 seat vacant, Associate Justices

• 1965 births
• Living people
• Arizona state court judges
• Justices of the Arizona Supreme Court
• James E. Rogers College of Law alumni
• University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
• 21st-century American judges
• Arizona Republicans
• Hispanic and Latino American judges