Patience Huntwork Chief Staff Attorney Arizona Supreme Court Patience Huntwork, who received her education at Stanford University and Yale Law School, is the Chief Staff Attorney at the Arizona Supreme Court. In that capacity, she is responsible for overseeing the rules process at the Arizona Supreme Court and has participated in numerous rule-making proceedings impacting civil, criminal and juvenile procedure. Anative of Washington, D.C., she is a member of the State Bar Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, the Civil Study Committee of the Maricopa County Superior Court, a variety of other rule-related committees, and the Sandra Day O’Connor Inn of Court.