Steve W McCarthy

Maricopa County Superior Court

Honorable Steven W. McCarthy was appointed by Governor Hobbs as a Judge to the Maricopa County Superior Court in April 2023, assigned to Family Court. This appointment followed four years on the bench as a Commissioner during which time he held an assignment in the criminal department. Prior to joining the bench, Judge McCarthy was a capital defense attorney with the Maricopa County Public Defender’s office from 2014 to 2019 which he first joined in 2009 as a trial attorney. He also sat as a member of the State Bar of Arizona’s Criminal Jury Instructions. Judge McCarthy received a B.A. from Santa Clara University in 2023, his J.D. from Phoenix Law School in 2009 and an LL.M. from Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College in 2019.