Ruth McGregor
{{Short description|American judge}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ruth V. McGregor
|image =
|office = Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
|term_start = June 12, 2005
|term_end = July 1, 2009
|predecessor = Charles E. Jones
|successor = Rebecca White Berch
|office2 = Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
|appointer2 = Jane Dee Hull
|term_start2 = 1998
|term_end2 = July 1, 2009
|predecessor2 = James Moeller
|successor2 = John Pelander
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|4|4}}
|birth_place = Le Mars, Iowa, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|education = University of Iowa (BA, MA) Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law (JD)
}}
Ruth Van Roekel McGregor (born April 4, 1943) is an American lawyer and former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZxmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22McGregor,+Ruth%22+1943+iowa|title=Who's who in the West|year=2004|isbn=9780837909356}}
Legal education and experience
McGregor received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa in 1964, a Master of Arts from the University of Iowa in 1965, and her Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University 1974.
Judicial career
McGregor served as law clerk to Supreme Court of the United States justice Sandra Day O'Connor from 1981 to 1982 and served on the Arizona Court of Appeals from 1989 to 1998.
McGregor was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in 1998 by Governor Jane Dee Hull and remained there until her retirement in 2009.[http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/mcgregor%20retirement%20doc%202.pdf "ARIZONA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RUTH V. MCGREGOR ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION OF LEGISLATURE, ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT"], Press Release, March 23, 2009 She was retained in 2000 and 2006. She served a term as chief justice that ended with her retirement from the court. She retired from the court on June 30, 2009, and was succeeded by John Pelander.
McGregor is an advocate of Arizona's version of the Missouri Plan for choosing state judges.[http://www.azadvocacy.org/forumsandevents/mar08honruthmcgregor.html "Should Politicians Take Over Arizona's Courts? A Special Event With The Honorable Ruth V. McGregor"]
See also
References
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External links
- [http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/mcgregor%20retirement.pdf STATE OF THE JUDICIARY ADDRESS, March 23, 2009]
- [http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2009/03/arizona_supreme_court_chief_ju.php "Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice, Ruth McGregor, Announces Retirement"], Valley Fever, March 23, 2009
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100409034712/http://www.supreme.state.az.us/azsupreme/ Arizona Supreme Court]
- [http://www.supreme.state.az.us/azsupreme/mcgregor.htm Biography of McGregor on the Arizona Supreme Court website]
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