MID-SOUTH COMMERCIAL LAW INSTITUTE FACULTY
JAMES M. MARLAR
JAMES M. MARLAR was appointed U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Arizona in 1993, with his primary duty station in Tucson, Arizona. In December 2007 he was reappointed for a second 14-year term. He travels within the District of Arizona, also hearing cases in Phoenix and Yuma. Judge Marlar served a seven-year term on the Ninth Circuit's Bankruptcy Appellate Panel from 1999 to 2006, and continues to serve on the Panel as a Judge Pro Tempore. He was appointed as the District's chief bankruptcy judge on June 28, 2009. Judge Marlar graduated from Stanford University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in history and from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1970, where he was a member of the Arizona Law Review. Prior to his appointment he practiced in the areas of bankruptcy and commercial litigation in Phoenix, Arizona for 23 years and served as a Judge Pro Tempore on the Arizona Court of Appeals.
