Vice Chief Justice Ann A Scott Timmer

Vice Chief Justice

Supreme Court of Arizona

Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer joined the Arizona Supreme Court in 2012. She was elected by her colleagues as Vice Chief Justice in 2019 and she was sworn in as Chief Justice in July 2024 for a five-year term. Justice Timmer is a member of the National Conference of Bar Examiners Board of Trustees (Secretary), has been elected to The American Law Institute and serves as the liaison for the ABA House of Delegates for the Conference of Chief Justices. Among other recognitions, she has been named one of a New Decade of Arizona’s Most Intriguing Women (2022), an ABA Journal and ABA Center for Innovation Legal Rebel (2021), the Arizona Capitol Times Woman of the Year (2020) and was elected to the Maricopa County Bar Association Hall of Fame. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court bench, Justice Timmer served on the Arizona Court of Appeals for twelve years, serving as its chief judge for three years. Before joining the bench, Justice Timmer practiced law in Phoenix, focusing primarily on commercial litigation. Justice Timmer earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona, her J. D. magna cum laude, from Arizona State University Law School (now the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law), and a Masters in Judicial Studies from Duke University Law School.