Presiding Judge Roxanne Song Ong's Bio

Presiding Judge Roxanne Song Ong's Bio

Education:

1978 J.D. - University of Arizona College of Law
1975 B.A. in Education - Arizona State University

Experience:

2005 - Present Chief Presiding Judge - Phoenix Municipal Court
2000 - 2005 Assistant Presiding Judge - Phoenix Municipal Court
1991 - 2000 Judge, Phoenix Municipal Court
1986 - 19991 Judge, Scottsdale City Court

Affiliations:

    • Chair, Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Education and Training
    • Chair, Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Minorities
    • Arizona Judicial Council of the Arizona Supreme Court
    • Arizona Supreme Court Commission on Technology
    • Arizona Supreme Court Publications Committee
    • Arizona Supreme Court New Judge Orientation Program
    • President - Board of Directors, Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education
    • Board Member, State Bar of Arizona Leadership Institute
    • Arizona Minority Judges’ Caucus

 

Other:

    • 2012 - Arizona's 48 Most Intriguing Women Honoree by the Arizona Historical Society and the Arizona Centennial Legacy Project
    • 2010 - State Bar of Arizona Judicial Award of Excellence
    • 2009 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Trailblazer Award
    • 1999 - Arizona Bar Foundation’s Attorney Law-Related Education Award
    • 2000 - Listed as one of the “100 Outstanding Women and Minorities” with Maricopa County Bar Association and the Arizona State Bar
    • Recognized in the Women Law Students’ Association of Arizona State University College of Law “Arizona’s Pioneering Women in Law”
    • Recognized as the first Asian woman judge in the State of Arizona
    • First woman and minority to be named as the city’s chief judge