Rebecca White Berch

Rebecca White Berch
Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
In office
July 1, 2009 – June 27, 2014
Preceded byRuth McGregor
Succeeded byScott Bales
Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
In office
April 2002 – September 2015
Appointed byJane Dee Hull
Preceded byFrederick J. Martone
Succeeded byClint Bolick
Personal details
Born
Rebecca White

(1955-06-29) June 29, 1955 (age 69)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
Spouse
Michael Allen Berch
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(m. 1981)​
Parents
  • Robert Eugene White (father)
  • Janey Key Zimmerman (mother)
Alma materArizona State University (JD)

Rebecca White Berch (born June 29, 1955)[2] is a former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. On July 1, 2009, she began a five-year term as chief justice, a position to which she was elected by her peers on the court. As chief justice, she succeeded Ruth McGregor. She concluded her service as Arizona's chief justice in July 2014 when she passed the gavel to new Chief Justice Scott Bales. Berch had been a justice of the state's highest court since March 2002, when she was appointed to the court by Republican governor Jane Dee Hull. She retired in September 2015.

  1. ^ "Arizona governors' judicial appointments" (PDF). archive.azcentral.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Who's who in the West, Volume 31. 2004. ISBN 9780837909356