Judge Brad Astrowsky: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Hon. Brad Astrowsky is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Jan Brewer in March 2012.

During his judicial tenure, Astrowsky has held assignments in the Family, Criminal, and Juvenile Courts.

He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1992. Astrowsky went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 1995. He was admitted to practice in Arizona and New Mexico (1995).

After graduating from law school, Astrowsky began his legal career as a tribal prosecutor for the Ak-Chin Indian Community in 1995, though his time in that position was brief. Later that same year, he joined the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office as a deputy county attorney, remaining there until 1999. It was at that time, Astrowsky became a senior attorney at the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse in Alexandria, Virginia (1999 to 2000).

The following year, he returned to his position at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (2000 to 2005), where he worked for five years before entering into private practice in 2005. During that time, Astrowsky worked as a civil litigation attorney at Zimmerman Reed (2005 to 2006), Wilkes & McHugh (2006 to 2010), and Astrowsky & Ghelfi, PLLC (2010). He eventually left the private sector to serve his third stint as a deputy county attorney in Maricopa County (2010 to 2012).

Astrowsky was a volunteer member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Civil Rights Committee.

He received the Cooperative Law Enforcement Award from the United States Department of Justice in 2004.