The Hon. Deborah Bernini is a judge for the Pima County Superior Court in Arizona. She was re-elected to the bench on November 3, 2020.
Prior to her appointment, Bernini was an attorney in private practice, working as a partner at Bernini & Sattler as well as an associate at Kimble, Gothreau, Ryan, Nelson & Cannon. She also spent time as an assistant public defender for the Pima County Public Defender’s Office and a staff attorney for Congressman Morris Udall of the United States House Committee for Interior and Insular Affairs.
Bernini earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona in 1977. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law in 1981.