Christopher Staring

Judge

Arizona Court of Appeals, Div. 2

Vice Chief Judge Staring was appointed to Division Two of the Arizona Court of Appeals in October 2015, by Governor Doug Ducey. Judge Staring graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1983, with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Public Service. In 1986, he received his JD degree from Tulane University Law School, cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif. In 2010, he was appointed to serve as a Superior Court judge in Pima County where he presided over civil, juvenile, and probate cases. Prior to his superior court appointment, Judge Staring worked in the Tucson and Phoenix offices of Fennemore Craig P.C. Judge Staring currently serves as a member of the Arizona Commission on Judicial Conduct, the Committee on Juvenile Courts, and the Committee on Mental Health and the Justice System.