Michael Hintze

Maricopa County Superior Court

JUDGE MICHAEL D. HINTZE was appointed to serve as a Phoenix Municipal Court Judge on July 3rd, 2013. Judge Hintze is currently assigned to Criminal Division 501, with a specialized therapeutic & problem solving Behavioral Health Court. Judge Michael D. Hintze is a retired Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner. He most recently presided over cases involving Criminal Competency, Probate Guardianships/Conservatorships/Trusts with Mental Health Treatment Authority, Seriously Mentally Ill Probation Violations, Civil Commitments and Court Ordered Treatment, Mental Health & Guilty Except Insane, and Veterans. He previously presided over cases in the following Maricopa County Superior Court Divisions: Juvenile, Probate, Mental Health, Family, Civil, Tax and Criminal. Judge Hintze is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University with a B.A. in Business Administration (1st major), and Political Science (2nd major), with minors in Management and Public Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona in 1983. Judge Hintze is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and Pennsylvania. He served as a Law Clerk for the District of Arizona, U.S. District Court; as a U.S. E.E.O.C. trial attorney, and senior partner of Michael D. Hintze & Associates, L.T.D.; Phoenix College adjunct teacher; and Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Division of County Counsel, Mental Health Division. Mike lectures at the Arizona Judicial College which provides training of Arizona’s judicial officers, as well as additional educational programs which support Arizona’s judicial branch. Judge Hintze has been a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Council for Children; American Bar Association; United States Arbitration and Mediation of Arizona, New Mexico & Nevada; and a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Mike is a member of the Arizona Judges Association, American Judges Association, Maricopa County Bar Association. He is a contributing author of Children and the Law, Rights and Obligations, Dependency Section, Clark Boardman Callaghan. Judge Hintze served as a Court Representative to the Maricopa County Commission of Justice System Intervention for the Seriously Mentally Ill, Co-Chair of MCJustice Veterans Subcommittee, and is currently Chair of the AOC Training for Mental Health Experts in Legal Competency and Restoration. Judge Hintze is a native Arizonan.