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Finalists Selected for Judgeship on Fourth Judicial District Court Bench

December 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission announced three nominees to fill a vacancy on the Fourth Judicial District Court bench. The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable Robert Crowder, effective January 31, 2013.

The three nominees are Robin Lynn Chittum, Regina Walter, and Gail Warkentin, all of Colorado Springs. The nominees were selected on Monday, December 10, 2012.

Under the Colorado Constitution, the governor has 15 days from December 10 to select one of the three nominees to fill the vacancy. Comments regarding the nominees may be sent to the governor via email at judicial.appointments@state.co.us. Contact information for the nominees can be found here.

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Governor Hickenlooper Appoints Beth Lieberman to Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission

November 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment

On Monday, November 26, 2012, Governor Hickenlooper announced his appointment of Beth Lieberman of Colorado Springs to the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission. She will serve as a Democrat and a non-attorney from El Paso County.

Each judicial district has a nominating commission comprised of three attorneys and four non-attorneys. No more than half of the members plus one may have the same political affiliation, and applicants must reside in the judicial district for which they seek appointment. Those who serve on the nominating commission do so as volunteers.

Ms. Lieberman’s appointment was occasioned by the retirement of Kenneth Valdez of Colorado Springs, and her term will expire December 31, 2017.

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Marla Prudek Appointed to Bench of Fourth Judicial District Court

November 8, 2012 by 2 Comments

On Wednesday, November 8, 2012, Governor Hickenlooper announced the appointment of Marla Prudek of Colorado Springs to the Fourth Judicial District Court bench, effective immediately.

Judge Prudek currently serves on the Fourth Judicial District County Court bench, where she hears civil, misdemeanor criminal, and traffic cases. She has been on the county court bench since 2009. Prior to her service as a judge, she was a partner at Gentry and Prudek, LLP,  in Colorado Springs, where she specialized in criminal defense.

Judge Prudek will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Hon. Kirk Samelson, whose retirement was effective October 8, 2012.

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Judge Robert Crowder to Resign from El Paso County Court Bench

October 30, 2012 by 2 Comments

The Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at the El Paso County Courthouse on Monday, December 10, 2012, to interview and select nominees for the judgeship to be created by the resignation of the Honorable Robert Crowder.

Eligible applicants for the appointment must be qualified electors of the Fourth Judicial District and must have been admitted to practice law in Colorado for five years. Applications must be submitted to the ex officio chair of the nominating commission by 4 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012. The appointed district court judge will serve a provisional term of two years before facing a retention election. If retained in the general election, judges serve additional six-year terms.

Further information about the vacancy is available from the Colorado State Judicial Branch.

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Finalists Selected for Judgeship in Fourth Judicial District

October 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment

On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission announced the selection of three finalists to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Kirk Samelson, effective October 8, 2012.

The nominees for the bench are Michael A. Kirtland of Woodland Park, Marla Prudek of Colorado Springs, and Gail Warkentin of Colorado Springs. The nominees were selected by the commission on October 22, 2012.

Under the Colorado Constitution, the governor has 15 days from October 23, 2012 to appoint one of the nominees as District Court Judge for the Fourth Judicial District, which covers El Paso and Teller counties.

Comments about the nominees may be submitted to the governor via email at judicial.appointments@state.co.us. Contact information for the nominees can be found here.

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Governor Hickenlooper Appoints Billings-Vela as County Judge in Teller County

September 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment

On Wednesday, September 21, 2011, Governor John Hickenlooper announced his appointment of Linda Billings-Vela to serve as a county judge in Teller County (Fourth Judicial District). Billings-Vela will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Jackson L. Peters, Jr. and her appointment will be effective October 1.

Billings-Vela is from Teller County and currently serves as a magistrate in the Fourth Judicial District Court, where she has worked since 2009. She presides over the dependency and neglect docket and the family treatment drug court docket.

Previously, Billings-Vela worked for the Fourth Judicial District’s District Attorney’s Office where she prosecuted criminal cases in the juvenile, county court, district court, and economic crimes division. Between her two periods of employment at that Office, she worked in the private sector.  Her practice included general civil matters, school law, domestic relations, and municipal utilities law. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Colorado College and her J.D. from the University of Denver School of Law.

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Finalists Selected to Fill Judgeship in Teller County Court

September 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission has nominated three candidates for a Teller County Court judgeship created by the retirement of the Honorable Jackson L. Peters, Jr., effective October 1, 2011.

The nominees for the bench are Linda Margaret Billings-Vela, Theresa L. Kilgore, and Michael A. Kirtland. All finalists are from Woodland Park and were selected by the commission on September 2, 2011.

Under the Colorado Constitution, Governor Hickenlooper has until September 21, 2011 to appoint one of the nominees as county court judge for Teller County.

Comments regarding any of the nominees can be emailed to the Governor’s Office.

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Judge Jackson Peters to Retire from the Teller County Court Bench

August 2, 2011 by 2 Comments

The Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet Friday, September 2, 2011 at the Teller County Courthouse (101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado 80813) to interview and select nominees for appointment by Governor Hickenlooper to the office of county judge for Teller County.  The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable Jackson L. Peters, Jr. on October 1.

Eligible applicants for appointment to fill the vacancy must be qualified electors of Teller County. The appointed county court judge will serve an initial provisional term of two years before facing a retention election. Retained judges serve four-year terms.

Further information about the retirement of Judge Peters and applying for the vacancy is available from the Colorado Judicial Branch.

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