NE Valley Times

The Court of Appeals paid an average compensation of $70,524 during 2018, according to data compiled by The Arizona Republic. Arizona public employees as a whole averaged 16 percent less with a compensation of $59,597. Total compensation is made up of an employee's annual salary with the addition of any overtime pay earned throughout the year.

The highest-paid public employee working for the Court of Appeals—Jon Thompson—earned $154,534.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full time were included.

Rank	Employee	Job title	Amount Earned
1	Jon Thompson	--	$154,534
1	Kent Cattani	--	$154,534
1	James Beene	--	$154,534
1	Randall Howe	--	$154,534
1	Lawrence Winthrop	--	$154,534
1	Peter Swann	--	$154,534
1	Paul McMurdie	--	$154,534
1	Diane Johnsen	--	$154,534
1	Michael Brown	--	$154,534
1	Samuel Thumma	--	$154,534
1	Elena Maria Cruz	--	$154,534
1	Jennifer Perkins	--	$154,534
1	Kenton Jones	--	$154,534
1	Jennifer Campbell	--	$154,534
1	David Weinzweig	--	$154,534
1	James Morse	--	$154,534
17	Amy Wood	--	$122,700
18	Vidal Barbara Vaught	--	$115,025
19	Benjamin Armstrong	--	$95,046
20	Carlos Solano	Manager	$87,550
21	Cynthia Coates	--	$79,894
22	Jakob Trierweiler	Manager	$78,514
23	Geoffrey Butzine	--	$76,808
24	Kimberly Lofgreen	--	$75,999
24	Steven Lawrence	--	$75,999
26	Brandie Bornhoft	--	$72,380
27	Catherine Adams	--	$71,750
27	Amber Pershon	--	$71,750
27	Rachel Nava	--	$71,750
27	Kush Govani	--	$71,750
31	Michelle Miernik	--	$70,380
32	Janina Hillgruber	--	$70,000
33	Patsy Lestikow	--	$69,399
34	Robert Ventrella	--	$68,000
34	Lori Bird	--	$68,000
36	Bonnie Gordon	--	$65,552
37	Loren Johnson	Specialist	$65,286
38	Jami Taylor	--	$63,053
38	Ladonna Dawson	--	$63,053
38	Sandra Gates	--	$63,053
38	Colleen Gauna	--	$63,053
42	Mark Schultz	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Jo SchuMacHer	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Meryl Thomas	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Derek Graffious	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Kelley Ruda	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Pamela Witte	Law clerk	$62,220
42	April Shaw	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Petra Emerson	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Mariah Hornok	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Erika Johnsen	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Thomas Jose	Law clerk	$62,220
42	Rebecca Banes	Law clerk	$62,220
42	James Keefe	Law clerk	$62,220
55	Jennifer Prendiville	--	$61,669
56	Kimberly Miles	--	$59,417
56	Jill Hendrix	--	$59,417
58	Melina Brill	--	$58,735
59	Wendy Dolan	Specialist	$58,000
60	Adela Johnson	--	$57,095
61	Jason Brenner	--	$56,636
61	Stacy Stolz	--	$56,636
61	Heather Marking	--	$56,636
61	Angela Schultz	--	$56,636
61	Shelby Taylor	--	$56,636
61	Danielle Stutz	--	$56,636
67	Anna Banks	--	$55,255
67	Kathleen Cartier	--	$55,255
67	Syreeta Tyrell	--	$55,255
67	Heather Stanton	--	$55,255
71	Ariana Reyna	Specialist	$55,165
72	Anthony MacKey	--	$55,042
73	Christina Coria	Deputy clerk	$53,400
74	June Nothwehr	--	$52,439
75	Lauren Crawford	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Chase Haslam	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Katharine Myers	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Barrientos Alejandro Borjas	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Zachary Rosenberg	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Daniel Englese	Law clerk	$52,094
75	David Turnbull	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Peter Krehbiel	Law clerk	$52,094
75	William Roberts	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Caroline McGee	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Sally Nyemba	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Julie Hedberg	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Jeremy Speckhals	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Patricia Sallen	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Robert Hill	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Ryan Pont	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Jessica Holzer	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Daniel Marks	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Brian Coffman	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Grant Cragun	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Eden Cohen	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Lauren Shapiro	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Daniel Peabody	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Brian Pouderoyen	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Casey Ball	Law clerk	$52,094
75	Nathan Andrews	Law clerk	$52,094