Civil Law

The Second Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet on June 6, 2006, to interview and select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of district judge for the Second Judicial District (City and County of Denver). The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Honorable H Jeffrey Bayless. The vacancy will occur on June 30, 2006.

To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Second Judicial District and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years. The annual salary for this position is currently $110,255. The initial term of office of a district judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent district judge, if approved by the voters, has a term of six years.

Application forms are available from the office of the Ex-Officio Chair of the Nominating Commission, Justice Nathan B. Coats, 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80203; and the office of the District Administrator, Miles Flesche, City & County Bldg., 1437 Bannock St., Room 256, Denver, Colo. 80202. Applications are also available on the court's home page at http:www.courts.state.co.us/exec/media/vacancy.htm.

The original and seven copies of the application must be filed with the ex-officio chair no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 15, 2006. Late applications will not be considered. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by letter to be submitted to any member of the nominating commission, with a copy to the ex-officio chair, no later than May 5, 2006.

Applications will be kept confidential, except that the nominating commission shall disclose the names, work addresses, and work telephone numbers of those nominees submitted to the Governor. The members of the nominating commission for the Second Judicial District are: E. Lee Reichert, Gary Jackson, Donald E. Beauregard, Julia Waggener, Henry R. Sobanet, John Evans Freyer and Philip S. Kaplan, all of Denver.

Editor's Note: Contact information for the nominating commission members

• E. Lee Reichert, 1515 Arapahoe St., Tower 1, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202
• Gary Jackson, 1741 High St., Denver, CO 80218
• Julia Waggener, 2015 York St., Denver, CO 80205
• Donald E. Beauregard, 88 Steele St., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80206
• Henry R. Sobanet, 111 State Capitol Building, Denver, CO 80218
• John Evans Freyer, 5018 Cherry Creek South Drive, Glendale, CO 80246
• Philip S. Kaplan, 800 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401