§ 1.2.4.1 Supreme Court Staff Attorneys.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 1.2.4.1 Supreme Court Staff Attorneys. The supreme court presently has eight staff attorney positions. Except for cases of original appellate jurisdiction, virtually all of the supreme court’s active cases are first reviewed by its staff attorneys. All petitions for review and petitions for special action are assigned to a staff attorney. The staff attorney prepares a memorandum on the case, which is distributed to the justices before the time set for consideration of the matter. The memorandum, which...