Judge Ron Reinstein (ret.) joined the Board in 2015.  Judge Reinstein retired in 2007 from the Superior Court of Arizona after 22 years on the bench. He now works as a judicial consultant for the Arizona Supreme Court and was appointed by the Chief Justice as the Director of the Center for Evidence Based Sentencing.  He was appointed to the bench in December of 1985, and served as the Presiding Criminal Judge from 1990-1998, and the Associate Presiding Judge of the Court from 1998-2000.  Prior to his appointment he was a Deputy Maricopa County Attorney from 1974 to 1985, serving as Supervisor of the Criminal Trial Unit and the head of the Sex Crimes Unit.  He received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1970, his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1973, and was inducted into the School of Law’s Academy of Law Alumni Fellows in 2002. JMI has worked closely with Judge Reinstein on projects including JMI’s Smarter Sentencing training.  He also serves as a consultant to the National Institute of Justice, National Center for State Courts, National Institute of Corrections, Center for Effective Public Policy, National Forensic Science Technology Center, Justice Department Office of Victims of Crime, the Crime and Justice Institute, and the Center for Sex Offender Management.