Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer

Marcus W. Reinkensmeyer is the Dean for the Institute for Court Management (ICM) Fellows Program, National Center for State Courts. He recently retired from the position of Deputy Director for the Administrative Office of the Courts, Supreme Court of Arizona, having previously served as the Director of the Court Services Division. Previously, Marcus served as the court administrator, chief deputy court administrator and director of judicial information systems for the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County.  In the State of Illinois, Marcus served as assistant director of the Administrative Office of the Courts (Court Services Division), court administrator (17th Judicial Circuit), assistant superintendent of juvenile detention and a probation officer.

Marcus serves as a board member for the North American Regional Board of the International Association for Court Administration and is the Book Review Editor for the International Journal on Court Administration. He serves on the Board for the Arizona Bar Foundation. Marcus is a past president of the National Association for Court Management (NACM) and the Arizona Courts Association, and former editor of the Court Manager. Marcus serves as faculty for the Institute for Court Management and adjunct faculty for the National Judicial College.  His articles appear in Judicature, The Court Manager, Justice System Journal, Future Trends in State Courts, the Judges Journal, Arizona Attorney, the ABA’s JD Record, the Practice of Law Chronicle, International Journal on Court Administration and The Retrospective of Courthouse Design. 

Marcus holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Northern Illinois University. He is a recipient of the NCSC’s Warren E. Burger Award, the NACM Award of Merit, the Judicial Management Institute’s Ernest C. Friesen Award, the ICM Award of Merit, the ICM Star Award and the Arizona Supreme Court’s Distinguished Service Award.