Hugh Hegyi
Soon-to-be judge Hugh Hegyi, of Chandler, will be sworn in Friday at Maricopa County Superior Court.
The Austrian-born jurist has just finished four years as a superior court commissioner presiding over family law cases and probate and mental health court proceedings.
Prior to becoming a commissioner, Hegyi prosecuted financial fraud for the state attorney general’s office. A superior court press release states he helped write several state statutes, including Arizona’s Used Car Lemon Law. Hegyi has also worked as a civil litigator in private practice; as legal counsel in DNA Legal Services on the Navajo Reservation; and as as a staff assistant to a U.S. Senator.
Hegyi grew up in Germany before moving with his family to Arlington, Va., where he attended high school. He came to Arizona in 1983. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia School of Law.
Hegyi will begin his work as a Family Court judge.
The ceremony is set for Nov. 2 at 12:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Auditorium, 205 W. Jefferson, Phoenix.
