comment on judge positions currently being filled

The flurry of judicial vacancies being filled continues. The governor will appoint 4 new judges from the candidates below. You can check our Facebook page for other judicial seats currently being filled.
 
2 of the judge jobs are in Denver District Court, 1 is an El Paso county court position and the other is a Chaffee county court position.
 
If you know the nominees, or have an opinion, you’re encouraged to email the governor at [email protected] and use a subject line relating the appropriate court. For instance use “2nd Judicial District Court” in the subject line for the Denver positions.
 
The 6 nominees for the 2 district court positions in Denver are: 

Christine Antoun – currently a lawyer with her own firm where she focuses on criminal defense and family law. She previously worked in civil law in Chicago. She also was a public defender. She received her college degree from George Mason University (Virginia) in 1993 and her law degree from Washington and Lee (Virginia) in 1997.
 
Mark Bailey – an assistant AG where he focuses on consumer protection. He previously worked at Reilly Pozner, a Denver law firm. He received his college degree from Luther College (Iowa) in 2000 and his law degree from the University of Iowa in 2005.
 
Renee Goble – currently a city attorney in Denver. She previously worked at Denver firms Lewis Roca Rothgerber and Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell. She also worked in the US office of international firm DLA Piper. She received her college degree from Stetson University (Florida) in 2002 and her law degree from John Marshall (Illinois) in 2005.
 
Marie Moses – currently a lawyer at Lass Moses Ramp & Cooper, a Denver law firm where she focuses on family law and criminal defense. She previously worked at other private firms including Kelly Garnsey, Hubbell + Lass and Cook, Cooper & Moses. She received her college degree from the University of Virginia in 1992 and her law degree from DU in 1995.

Alex Myers – currently a lawyer at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, a Denver law firm, where he focuses on civil litigation. He received his college degree from CU in 1998 and his law degree from DU in 2004.
 
Demetria Trujillo – currently the managing deputy state public defender in Colorado. She has been in the public defender’s office since 2003. She received her college and law degrees from Northern Arizona University in 1999 and 2002.

The 3 nominees for the El Paso county court position are:
 
Yolanda Fennick – currently an attorney with her own practice in Colorado Springs where she focuses on family law. She previously worked for Kane, Donley and Johnson in Colorado Springs and for Pikes Peak Legal Services. She received her college and law degrees from the University of Missouri.
 
Brian Fields – currently an assistant U.S. attorney in Denver. He received his college and law degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and 2009.
 
Dennis McGuire – currently a magistrate in El Paso County. Previously, he was a public defender.
 
(Both McGuire and Fields were previously nominated for a county court position in April of this year.)
 
The 3 nominees for the Chaffee county position are:
 
Diana Bull – currently an attorney with her own office where she focuses on criminal defense. She previously worked as a public defender. She received her college degree from Smith College (Massachusetts) in 2005 and her law degree from DU in 2011.
 
Amanda Hunter – currently a county court judge in Custer County. She also is a legal research attorney for the 11th Judicial District (Chaffee, Custer, Fremont and Park counties), and a magistrate in Chaffee County. Previously, she was a public defender. She received her college degree from the University of Iowa in 2002 and her law degree from the University of Nebraska in 2011.
 
Anna Ulrich – currently a part-time county court judge in Saguache County. She also has her own law firm where she focuses on family and civil matters. She previously was an assistant county attorney for Chaffee County, a research attorney for the 12th Judicial District (Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache counties), and also an attorney in private firms. She received her college degree from Trinity University (Texas) in 1997 and her law degree from CU in 2001.

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