Career
In 1979 Corbett was elected clerk of the Pima County Superior Court, a position he held for twenty years. Jim Corbett was born in Los Angeles, California to a Tucson pioneering family. His great-uncle J. Knox Corbett was mayor of Tucson from 1914 to 1917.
Corbett served as an officer in the United States Coast Guard from 1942 to 1946.
During his term in the state house, Corbett helped pass Arizona"s first Fair Housing law. City Councilman for Tucson, Arizona (1963–1967)
Mayor of Tucson (1967–1971)
Clerk of the Superior Court for Pima County, Arizona (1979–1999).