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Welcome to the Bench – August 2022

Congratulations to the following 20 judges who are either new to the bench or have recently been elected, appointed or hired for a new position.

Victor Clyde, District Court, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona
Neomi Gilmore, District Court, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona
Malcolm Laughing, District Court, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona
Megan A. McCoy, Superior Court, Mohave County, Arizona
Bunkye Chi Olson, Commissioner, Pima County, Arizona
Kimberly Ortiz, Superior Court, Pima County, Arizona
Leticia Stover, District Court, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona
Ryan Brand, Department of Excise and Licenses & Department of Parks and Recreation, Denver, Colorado
Samuel Albert Evig, 4th Judicial District Court, El Paso County, Colorado
Andrew A. Pinson, Court of Appeals, Atlanta, Georgia
Jessica Heinen, District Court, 3rd Judicial District, Shawnee County, Kansas
Kevin Mueller, District Court, Tenth Judicial District, Minnesota
Brice R. Sechrest, 24th Judicial Circuit, Associate Circuit Judge, St. Francois County, Missouri
Matthew Wilson, Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit, Adair, Knox, and Lewis counties, Missouri
Aravind Aithal, Superior Court, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Gregg Rubenstein, Superior Court, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Roscoe A. Woods, Seventh Judicial District Court, Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Lisa Otipody-Herbert, District Court, Muscogee Creek Nation, Oklahoma
Nancy Waples, Supreme Court, Vermont
Rodney Dequaine, Family Court, Oneida Nation, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Know of a new judge (of any kind) we’ve missed? Let us know with an email to njc-communications@judges.org. Please include an email address for the person so we can verify.

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