Jennifer Zipps

Nonpartisan

United States District Court for the District of Arizona

Tenure

2011 - Present

Years in position

14

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona, 1986

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1990

Personal

Birthplace

Ashland, OH

Jennifer Zipps is afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona. She joined the court in 2011 after being nominated by PresidentBarack Obama. Previously, Zipps was a magistrate judge for the same court from 2005 to 2011.^[1]

Early life and education

• University of Arizona, B.A., 1986
• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1990^[2]

Professional career

• 1995-2005: Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona
• 1991-1995: Attorney, private practice in Tucson
• 1990-1991: Law clerk, Hon. William C. Canby, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[2]

Judicial career

District of Arizona

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Jennifer Zipps
Court:District of Arizona
Progress
Confirmed 102 days after nomination.
ANominated: 6/23/2011
AABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing:
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported:
AConfirmed: 10/3/2011

Jennifer Zipps was nominated to theDistrict of Arizona byBarack Obama onJune 23, 2011 to a seat vacated by JudgeJohn Rollupon his death.^[1] Obama said of the nomination, “I am honored to put forward such highly qualified candidates for the federal bench. Judge Jennifer Guerin Zipps and Rosemary Márquez will be distinguished public servants and valuable additions to the United States District Court.”^[3] Zipps received a Unanimously Well Qualified rating from theAmerican Bar Association.^[4]

Zipps was rated by the ABA and you can find herhis Committee Questionnaire available here and herQuestions for the Record available here.

OnOctober 3, 2011, the Senate confirmed Zipps to the post with a voice vote.^[5]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Arizona

External links

Suggest a link

• KVOA.com "Obama nominates Tucson lawyer and judge for federal bench," June 23, 2011
• Biography fromFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona
Active judges	•  Murray Snow  •  Susan Brnovich  •  Scott Rash  •  Jennifer Zipps  •  Rosemary Marquez  •  Steven Logan  •  Diane Humetewa  •  John Tuchi  •  Dominic Lanza  •  Michael Liburdi  •  John Hinderaker  •  Krissa Lanham  •  Angela Martinez (Arizona)  •  Sharad Desai
Senior judges	Stephen McNamee  •  Susan Bolton  •  David G. Campbell  •  Frederick Martone  •  Roslyn Silver  •  James Teilborg  •  David Bury  •  Raner Collins  •  Cindy Jorgenson  •  Frank Zapata  •  Neil Wake  •  Douglas Rayes  •  James A. Soto  •
Magistrate judges	Michelle Burns  •  Eileen Willett  •  D. Thomas Ferraro  •  Jacqueline Marshall Rateau  •  Bernardo Velasco  •  James F. Metcalf  •  Eric J. Markovich  •  Bruce G. Macdonald  •  Leslie A. Bowman  •  Alison Bachus  •  John Z. Boyle  •  Deborah Fine  •  Lynnette Kimmins  •  Camille Bibles  •  Michael Morrissey (Arizona)  •  Maria Aguilera  •
Former Article III judges	William Henry Sawtelle  •  Richard Elihu Sloan  •  Fred Clinton Jacobs  •  John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Earl Carroll  •  Mary Murguia  •  Albert Morris Sames  •  David Ling  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  William Copple  •  Valdemar Cordova  •  Walter Craig  •  Arthur Davis  •  William Frey  •  Charles Muecke  •  Mary Richey  •  Howard Speakman  •  Charles Hardy (Arizona)  •  Alfredo Marquez  •  James A. Walsh  •
Former Chief judges	John Roll  •  Robert Broomfield  •  Stephen McNamee  •  Roslyn Silver  •  Richard Bilby  •  William Browning  •  Walter Craig  •  Charles Muecke  •  James A. Walsh  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byBarack Obama
Nominated	Federal judges nominated by Barack Obama