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Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has been appointed by Governor Doug Ducey to the Arizona Supreme Court. Montgomery will replace Chief Justice Scott ...
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County Attorney Bill Montgomery was appointed to the open seat on the Arizona Supreme Court on his second try. The law-and-order conservative is Governor Duc...
- The Son of A Smuggler
- Pursuing The Death Penalty
- A West Point Cadet
- Abusing 'Prosecutorial discretion'?
- Leading A Tank Battalion
- Blocking Justice Reforms?
- Becoming A Lawyer
- Holding Prosecutors Accountable
- Running For Public Office
- Defending Hamilton High Decision
At age 51, Montgomery cuts a somewhat nerdish figure, with thick glasses and tight-fitting suits, his graying hair cut short with military precision. In conversations, his intensity is balanced with moments of humor. He likes the music of Depeche Mode, prefers pepperoni pizza over all other food, and wants the epitaph on his tombstone to say: "Bill...
Montgomery says capital punishment is "the most consequential decision I make as county attorney." But that burden has not been a deterrence: He defends executions in public debates, and has pursued the death penalty so often that last year the county ran short of specialized attorneys to represent defendants facing lethal injection. According to a...
The first day of high school, waiting in line for a class schedule, Montgomery realized he was a misfit. He was wearing pant cuffs above the ankles, a shirt that didn't fit and ragged sneakers. "I remember standing in that line … thinking, 'All right, I'm not going to win the best-dressed contest. But you know what? No test I've ever taken asked me...
Some critics contend Montgomery uses the authority of his office to protect friends and prosecute enemies. During a scandal in 2011, the County Attorney's Office investigated 28 Arizona lawmakers who unlawfully accepted tickets, trips and other gifts from the Fiesta Bowl. The most prominent politician was Senate President Russell Pearce, a fellow R...
After graduating from West Point, Montgomery wound up leading a tank battalion along the Iraqi border, charging across the desert at the beginning of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. The scenario remains so vivid that Montgomery steps to a grease board to diagram the assault. His unit covered 100 miles in 24 hours, chasing Saddam Hussein's troops un...
Arizona has the nation's fourth-highest rate of incarceration, due to punishments doled out in the state's most populous county. A 2017 report by the American Friends Service Committee says about one-fifth of the state's prison inmates were convicted of drug offenses, more than any other category of crime. The reason: Narcotics sales in Arizona bri...
A few years in business led to a decision: Montgomery wanted to become a lawyer. Arizona State University offered a Truman Young Fellowship, named for a law student killed in a military flight accident. The recipient is put on track to become a prosecutor, with internships at offices of the U.S. attorney, Arizona attorney general, Phoenix city atto...
The trial of Jodi Arias, who in 2008 murdered her ex-boyfriend, has been described as a televised "circus" with the county attorney's homicide prosecutor, Juan Martinez, as ringmaster. Arias was sentenced to life in prison. Martinez, meanwhile, became a subject of six Arizona Bar complaints for alleged ethics violations. Most have been dismissed, b...
In 2006, as a virtual unknown just five years out of law school, Montgomery ran for attorney general. He lost to Democrat Terry Goddard, and resumed working for crime victims. Then he bounced back to private practice at Lewis, Brisbois. Once again, the job lasted only weeks before cancer intervened. This time it was Montgomery's dad. Despite a long...
When Chandler police investigated rampant sexual hazing in Hamilton High School's football programlast year, they concluded at least two coaches and an administrator knew of the assaults — and should be prosecuted for failing to take action. Montgomery disagreed, securing charges only against three students. Asked why the supervising adults were al...
- National Correspondent, San Diego
William Gerard Montgomery (born March 2, 1967) is an American attorney who has served as a justice of the Arizona Supreme Court since September 2019. [2] He previously served as the County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona from 2010 to 2019.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's second bid for Arizona's Supreme Court this year is moving ahead to the next stage of the process, despite recent backlash over his office's...
Nov 8, 2022 · Bill Montgomery is a judge of the Arizona Supreme Court. He assumed office on September 9, 2019. His current term ends on January 1, 2029. Montgomery ran for re-election for judge of the Arizona Supreme Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
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Sep 5, 2019 · The Arizona Supreme Court has a new justice: Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery. Montgomery was first introduced to the criminal justice system when visiting his father in prison....
