John A. Buttrick

John A. Buttrick is an American attorney, judge, and former chairman of the Libertarian Party of Arizona.

John A. Buttrick
Chair of the Libertarian Party of Arizona
In office
July 2017 – 2018
Preceded byMichael Kielsky
Succeeded byHoward Blitz
United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
In office
August 17, 2012 – August 16, 2016
Personal details
Political partyLibertarian
Alma materHarvard Law School
ProfessionAttorney, Judge

Buttrick served as a part-time United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Arizona from August 17, 2012 until August 16, 2016.[1]

Education and career

Buttrick received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976 and a bachelor's degree in Philosophy from the University of Denver in 1973.[2] Before his appointment to the bench, Buttrick was a partner at the law firm Brown and Bain (now Perkins Coie). In 2001, Governor Jane Dee Hull appointed Buttrick to the Maricopa Superior Court. He served in this position until he accepted an appointment as a federal magistrate in 2012.

In the 1990s Buttrick served on the Libertarian National Committee and as Chair of the National Platform Committee.[3]

Elections
  • Retained as a superior court judge in 2004 and 2008.
  • Libertarian candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives in 1998
  • Libertarian nominee for Governor of Arizona in 1994, receiving 3.12% of the vote.[4]

References
  1. "John A. Buttrick". uscourts.gov.
  2. "Biography of Judge John A. BUTTRICK". www.superiorcourt.maricopa.gov.
  3. "Judge John Buttrick Headed to Federal Court... as a Judge!". Freedoms Phoenix. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2014-01-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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