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News Link • Freedom Summit 2010 Speaker
FREEDOM SUMMIT 2010 SPEAKER - John A. Buttrick
07-22-2010
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SuperiorCourt.Maricopa.gov
The title of John's presentation
will be “Seven Ideas That Are Destroying the World.”
Judge John Buttrick is the highest elected registered Libertarian currently in office in the United States.
Judge
Buttrick graduated from Harvard Law School in 1976 and practiced
business litigation for a national law firm until 2001 when he was
appointed to the Superior Court of Arizona. Before taking the bench, Judge Buttrick was active in the Libertarian Party. He was the
Libertarian candidate for Governor of Arizona in 1994 and for the
Arizona House of Representatives in 1998. Judge Buttrick served two
terms on the Libertarian National Committee and three stints on the
Libertarian Party National Platform Committee, including twice as Chair
in 1998 and 2000.
Since his
appointment, Judge Buttrick has twice successfully faced retention
elections in 2004 and 2008. In both those elections he received over 70%
“yes” votes. His vote totals in Maricopa County alone surpassed the
Libertarian presidential candidate totals for the entire country in both
those elections.
Judge Buttrick believes that the
direction of the national Libertarian Party has veered dangerously off
course in recent years and the party is facing pivotal decisions in 2010
and 2012 which may determine whether or not it survives. In particular,
Judge Buttrick is concerned that candidacies such as those of Bob Barr
and Wayne Root hurt rather than help the future advance of libertarian
principles in the political arena. His presentation is entitled “The
Future of the Libertarian Party, if any.”
Assignment History:
| Civil | | 6/2007 | | Phoenix | | Family Court | | 8/2004 | | Phoenix | | Criminal | | 8/2003 | | Phoenix | | Civil | | 5/2001 | | Phoenix |
Work History:
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Judge , Superior Court in Maricopa County
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Partner, Brown and Bain, P.A. - antitrust, product liability, contract, environmental patent and election law | |
Associate, Brown and Bain |
Education: J.D. , 1976, Harvard Law School
Bachelor’s degree, Philosophy, 1973, University of Denver Committees/Associations:
State Bar of Arizona
2002- present, Judicial Executive Committee
John also spoke at the 2002 & 2009 Freedom Summit
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