Jennifer Guerin Zipps

Chief Judge Jennifer G. Zipps, United States District Court, District of Arizona

Chief Judge Jennifer Zipps earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the University of Arizona and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. After clerking for the Honorable William Canby on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, she was an associate at Molloy, Jones and Donahue in Tucson, Arizona, focusing on business litigation and bankruptcy matters.

Judge Zipps worked at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for ten years, serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Division, Chief of the Civil Division, and Chief Assistant.

Judge Zipps was appointed as a United States Magistrate on April 4, 2005, received her commission as a U.S. District Judge on October 5, 2011, and became Chief Judge on October 21, 2024. She sits in Tucson, Arizona.