Commissioner Wendy Morton

I share here a great achievement that has come the way of Wendy Morton, Editorial Board chair of Arizona Attorney Magazine. The following release comes from the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County:

Wendy S. Morton, former City of Phoenix Judicial Officer and nationally award-winning author, has been hired by Presiding Judge Norman Davis to serve as a Superior Court Commissioner.

Commissioner Morton, who most recently served as a Judicial Officer with Phoenix Municipal Court, has a rich law and mass communications background.

Prior to joining the City of Phoenix, Commissioner Morton served four years as a City of Scottsdale Judge and four years as an Administrative Law Judge for the Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings. Commissioner Morton also served as a consultant for the Supreme Count of Arizona, Administrative Office of the Courts.

Prior to her judicial career, she worked nine years as a deputy county attorney in the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and one year as a special deputy county attorney for Pinal County.

While working on her legal career, Commissioner Morton continued to work in the field of mass communications. She serves as the Chair of the Arizona Attorney Editorial Board. In 2010, she produced and directed a documentary series for the Arizona Supreme Court entitled Legends of the Arizona Judiciary. She also is the author and illustrator of two books: Court Story, a nationally award-winning bi-lingual coloring book that teaches children about the court system and Flipper and Dipper and the Treasures of 6 Bird published by Syracuse University Press. The proceeds from Flipper and Dipper and the Treasures of 6 Bird are donated to the Syracuse University Archives to preserve the memory of her classmates lost aboard Pan Am flight 103 in 1988.

Commissioner Morton earned her Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law, and she has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Syracuse University in Political Science and Broadcast Journalism.

In 2009, Commissioner Morton received the State Bar of Arizona’s Award for Judicial Excellence.