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May 2, 2006

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Fifth Judicial District nominating commission requests applications

Commission sets date to select nominees

The Fifth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet on Monday, June 12, at the Summit County Justice Center, 501 North Park Avenue, Breckenridge, Colo., to select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of district judge for the Fifth Judicial District (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit counties). The new district court judgeship has been created pursuant to House Bill 01-1075. The vacancy will occur as of July 1, 2006.

To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Fifth Judicial District and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years. The annual salary for this position is $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 Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80203; and the office of the district administrator, Christine Yuhas, 501 N. Park Ave., Breckenridge, Colo. 80424. 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., June 1, 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 25, 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 Fifth Judicial District are: Timothy Berry, Leadville; Donald Brown, Breckenridge; Heather Lemon, Vail; Mary Ann Miller and Maria Smythe, Leadville; Katalin Spangler, Edwards; and Peggy Stokstad, Evergreen.

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

• Timothy Howard Berry, P.O. Box 1686, Leadville, CO 80461
• Donald Wayne Brown, 1035 Boreas Pass Road, P.O. Box 1795, Breckenridge, CO 80424
• Heather Lemon, P.O. Box 1715, Vail, CO 81658
• Mary Ann Miller, 111 West 3rd St., Leadville, CO 80461
• Maria Cecilia Smythe, 309 Mt. Yale, Leadville, CO 80461
• Katalin Spangler, P.O. Box 4639, Edwards, CO 81632
• Peggy Stokstad, 74 Antler Way, Evergreen, CO 80439

This information is provided as an e-mail service of the Colorado Judicial Department,, Office of State Court Administrator, 1301 Pennsylvania Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colo. 80203. To discontinue this service or update your e-mail address, please respond to this message with your name, contact information and any comments.

JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

APPLICATION FOR COLORADO STATE COURT JUDGESHIP

Instructions

1. The application form for a Colorado state court judgeship can be found on the Judicial Branch website at http://www.courts.state.co.us/exec/media/vacancy.htm. Please be complete and thorough in answering the questions; and, if an answer to any question requires more space than provided, attach a separate sheet of paper for each question.

2. Answers should be typed or printed in black ink.

3. Each completed original and all copies of the application should be stapled ONCE in the upper left-hand corner. They should NOT be bound in any way, should NOT be in notebooks, should NOT have covers attached, and should NOT have sections of the application tabbed in any way.

4. While it is preferred that you submit your application on this standard form, you may choose to reproduce this form on a computer. If you do so, however, please ensure that the top and left margins are 1" and that the size of type is no smaller than 12 pt.

5. Applicants for county court judgeships who are not attorneys may modify the form as needed by inserting the words "not applicable" where appropriate.

6. If you desire, you may request that letters of reference be submitted from up to five individuals who are in a position to comment upon your qualifications for a judicial position. It is your responsibility to ensure that all letters of reference (with sufficient copies) are submitted to the Ex-Officio Chair by the filing deadline. You may include the letters with your application, or have them sent separately. Letters received late may not receive consideration by the Commission.

Please Note: Reference letters must be resubmitted every time you apply for a judicial vacancy. Reference letters from previous applications are not available for reuse.

7. If you are applying for an appellate judgeship, you need to file an original and fifteen (15) copies of your application. If you are applying for a district or county court judgeship, you need to file an original and seven (7) copies of your application.

8. Your application should be filed at the following address:

5th Judicial District Nominating Commission

Justice Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr., Ex-Officio Chair

Colorado State Judicial Building

Two East 14th Avenue, 4th Floor

Denver, Colorado 80203

9. Your application must be filed no later than: 5:00 p.m., June 1, 2006.

Revised: 8/4/04