Ruth McGregor
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Ruth McGregor is the Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. She was appointed to this position in June 2005, having previously served on the court as its Vice Chief Justice from 2002-2005, and as a justice on the high court beginning in 1998. McGregor was the first woman appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court since Lorna Lockwood's term ended in 1975.
Legal Education and Experience
McGregor received a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1964, an M.A. from the University of Iowa in 1965, and her law degree from Arizona State University College in 1974.
She served on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 1989-1998 and was a law clerk to Sandra Day O'Connor from 1981-1982.
Advocate of Missouri plan of judicial selection
Justice McGregor is an advocate of Arizona's version of the Missouri Plan for choosing state judges.[1]
On "derogatory" terms
The Los Abagados Hispanic Bar Association requested that the Arizona Court system cease using terms like "illegal" in cases and opinions. Justice Ruth McGregor in a letter dated 10/2/08, indicated that she has informed the judges of the organization's concerns with using terms like "illegal" "aliens" or "illegal immigrants."[2]
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