Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court

This year, 65 Clerk employees will receive a service pin from the Clerk’s Office and/or from Maricopa County. These employees represent a total of 835 years of experience. Last year, 87 employees received service pins totaling 1,025 years of experience. Thank you to all our employees that have given us their time and dedication!

At the Clerk's Office, we like to celebrate our employees for doing an exemplary job. Last quarter, we had three amazing employees we wanted to highlight. Congratulations to Ryan Harris, Terra Owen, and Christine Brown for receiving the 'Employee-of-the-Quarter'!

Continuing our "Past Clerks" series, we introduce the ninth Clerk of Court, Michael Jeanes. He served in the Office as Clerk from 1997 - 2018. During his time as Clerk, Michael was a strong advocate of quality customer service. Among some of the major achievements the Office made to improve service during his tenure were: implementing the Electronic Court Record (which allowed court records to be available immediately and simultaneously, it allowed documents to be eFiled, it made processes more efficient, and less paper and storage were needed); he opened (in collaboration with the County) the Customer Service Center to provide convenience in one location for customers to obtain various services; and he accelerated the delivery of court minutes to law firms through the MEEDS program.

Here are some fun stats from the Clerk's Office. On average, 32,465 pieces of paper are filed with the Office each day. The average number of minute entries the Office distributes daily is 8,545; and on average, the Office processes 16,298 documents daily.

Join us in congratulating Alejandra Marrufo for receiving January's Employee Spotlight. Alejandra is a Court Operations Specialist/Water Case at the Customer Service Center. She has been with us for four years and we're hoping for many more!

Continuing our "Past Clerks" series, we introduce the eighth Clerk of Court, Judith Allen. Before becoming the Clerk, Judith served in the governments of the State of Arizona and the City of Phoenix and the private sector. Before moving to Arizona in 1979, she served three four-year terms as the Register of Deeds of Berrien County, Michigan. She was elected as the Clerk of the Court in 1986 and re-elected to the position in 1990 and 1994. In 1998, she resigned the office to take a position in the private sector.

Two of the Office’s most significant initiatives occurred in the month of December – the start of the Electronic Court Record and the beginning of eFiling. On December 1, 1997, the Office scanned its first document. On December 8, 2003, the Office launched eFiling for the first time.

The Clerk's Office wishes you and your loved ones a happy holiday!

“National Adoption Day, which is always held the Saturday before Thanksgiving, is an exciting day to celebrate the families who are willing to provide permanent, loving homes for children,” Presiding Judge Lori Bustamante said. “I want to thank all of our amazing volunteers and our judicial officers who took their time out of their Saturday to make this all happen.” National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness for the more than 113,000 children in foster care waiting to find their forever families. The children, who range in age from toddlers to teenagers, have amazing stories. Check out a recap of the event: https://ow.ly/pUsL50QcCmk

On National Adoption Day, 15 Clerk of Court employees helped with 77 adoptions at the Durango Juvenile Court Complex. The event is held annually on National Adoption Day and provides an opportunity for the court to open its doors and finalize the adoptions of children. Manager Connie Pitts was grateful for all the help. "National Adoption Day will forever brighten up the day, and we were so honored to participate in this wonderful event. We can’t thank our staff enough! To all of those who worked and to those who volunteered to be on call, we appreciate you! It was a magical day, and it was such a special treat to see so many families built out of love!” https://lnkd.in/ggWusjpU