Judge Chuck Whitehead: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Hon. Chuck Whitehead is a judge for the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Doug Ducey in 2015.

During his judicial tenure, Whitehead has held assignments in th Criminal and Family Courts.

Prior to his appointment, he sat for two years as a judge pro tem of the Maricopa County Superior Court (2013 to 2015) and also served as a judge pro tem of the Tempe Municipal Court. In addition, Whitehead was a criminal defense attorney in his own private practice, the Law Offices of R.C. Whitehead, PLLC, since 2011.

Before that, he worked for six years as an attorney with the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Office (2005 to 2011).

Whitehead also taught as an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School, where he taught an externship for students interested in criminal defense.

He received a B.S.B.A. in management information systems from the University of Arizona in 1982. Whitehead went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 1994.

He has held memberships with the State Bar of Arizona and the Maricopa County Bar Association.

Whitehead is a native Arizonan.