Rebecca White Berch (born June 29, 1955)[2] is a former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.
On July 1, 2009, she began a five-year term as chief justice, a position to which she was elected by her peers on the court.
Berch was born in Phoenix, Arizona, the daughter of Robert Eugene and Janet Kay (née Zimmerman) White.
[3] She earned a Bachelor of Science in 1976, a Juris Doctor in 1979 and a Master of Arts in 1990 all from Arizona State University.
Berch joined the bench as a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, Division I, from April 1998 to March 2002.