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Welcome to the Bench – January 2023

Congratulations to the following 56 judges who are either new to the bench or have recently been elected, appointed or hired for a new position.

Michael S. Catlett, Appellate Court, Division I, Arizona
Anni L. Hill Foster, Appellate Court, Division I, Arizona
Lacey Stover Gard, Appellate Court, Division II, Arizona
Michael F. Kelly, Appellate Court, Division II, Arizona
Daniel Kiley, Appellate Court, Division I, Arizona
Nick Knauer, Commissioner, Pima County, Arizona
Christopher J. O’Neil, Appellate Court, Division II, Arizona
Anthony N. Baca, La Plata County Court, 6th Judicial District, Colorado
Kimberly D. Cortez, District Court, 12th Judicial District, Colorado
Renee S. Doak, Weld County Court, 19th Judicial District, Colorado
Marques Ivey, Adams County Court, 17th Judicial District, Colorado
Graham B. Peper, Jefferson County Court, First Judicial District, Colorado
John W. Stenger, Rio Grande County Court, 12th Judicial District, Colorado
Tracie Porter, At-Large Circuit Judge, Cook County, Illinois
Erin M. Rowe, Routt County Court, 14th Judicial District, Iowa
Jessica Heinen, 3rd Judicial District Court, Shawnee County, Kansas
Jessica Green, Jefferson County Circuit Court, 9th Division, Louisville, Kentucky
Terence Harrigan, District Court, Ellsworth, Maine
Julia M. Lipez, Oxford County Superior Court, Maine
Peter J. Malia Jr., District Court, Bridgton, Maine
Joshua Randlett, District Court, Bangor, Maine
Andrew S. Robinson, District Court, West Bath, Maine
Meghan Szylvian, District Court, Bangor, Maine
Arianne E. Slay, Circuit Court, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Melissa Houghtaling, 4th Judicial District, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Maria Mitchell, 2nd Judicial District, Ramsey County, St. Paul, Minnesota
Greta Smolnisky, 7th Judicial District, Clay County, Minnesota
Becky J.W. Borthwick, Appellate Court, Southern District, Missouri
Julianne Hand, Associate Circuit Judge, 23rd Judicial Court, DeSoto, Missouri
Jerry A. Harmison Jr., Circuit Judge, 31st Judicial Circuit, Springfield, Missouri
Heather J. Hays, Associate Circuit Judge, 22nd Judicial Circuit, Jefferson City, Missouri
Brian Tubbs, Associate Circuit Judge, 4th Judicial Circuit, Mound City, Missouri
Daniel White, Associate Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial District, Kansas City, Missouri
Rahat Babar, Superior Court, Family Division, Mercer County, New Jersey
Supti Bhattacharya, Superior Court, Family Division, Mercer County, New Jersey
Jodi Bouer, Superior Court, Family Division, Mercer County, New Jersey
Laurence Bravman, Superior Court, Civil Division, Middlesex County, New Jersey
James Bucci, Superior Court, Family Division, Camden County, New Jersey
Stevie D. Chambers, Superior Court, Family Division, Hudson County, New Jersey
Christopher A. Edwards, Superior Court, Criminal Division, Somerset County, New Jersey
Daniel M. Kurkowski, Superior Court, Family Division, Cape May County, New Jersey
Dean R. Marcolongo, Superior Court, Civil Division, Cape May County, New Jersey
David V. Nasta, Superior Court, Civil Division, Bergen County, New Jersey
Michelle D. Perry-Thompson, Superior Court, Family Division, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Laurie C. Poppe, Superior Court, Family Division, Ocean County, New Jersey
Gary Potters, Superior Court, Family Division, Hudson County, New Jersey
José Vilariño, Superior Court, Family Division, Hudson County, New Jersey
Sherry L. Wilson, Superior Court, Criminal Division, Mercer County, New Jersey
Russell Wojtenko, Superior Court, Family Division, Mercer County, New Jersey
Kristin Ballinger, Juvenile Court, King County, Washington
TaTeasha Davis, Superior Court, Pierce County, Washington
Anne Egeler, Superior Court, Thurston County, Washington
Adrienne McCoy, Superior Court, King County, Washington
Jason Poydras, Superior Court, King County, Washington
Haydee Vargas, Superior Court, King County, Washington
Wyman Yip, Superior Court, King County, Washington

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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