The Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet on Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, to interview and select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of district judge for the Fourth Judicial District (El Paso and Teller Counties) due to the retirement of the Honorable Richard V. Hall. To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Fourth 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 court 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 Michael L. Bender, 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80203; and the office of the District Administrator, Victoria Villalobos, 20 East Vermijo, Suite 329, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903. 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, Jan. 16, 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 Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. Applications will be kept confidential. The members of the nominating commission for the Fourth Judicial District are: Clarke D. Becker of Woodland Park; Henry D. Worley, Curtis W. Devin, and Amy L. Lathen, all of Colorado Springs; and Kenneth A. Jaray of Manitou Springs. Editor's Note: Contact information for the nominating commission members • Clarke D. Becker, P.O. Box 9031, Woodland Park, CO 80866 • Henry D. Worley, 530 Communication Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80905 • Kenneth A. Jaray, 985 Pico Point, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 • Curtis W. Devin, 11730 Green Springs Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80925 • Amy L. Lathen, 3021 Serendipity Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80917 Currently, there are two vacancies on this commission. 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 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 must 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 11 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. You must submit the names of not less than three or more than five individuals from whom you are requesting a letter of reference. Such letters of reference shall be strictly confidential. All such letters shall be sent directly to the Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission, c/o Justice Michael L. Bender, Ex-Officio Chair, at the address listed below. You are instructed to tell your references not to send the original or a copy to you. A request for reference form is attached and must be used for each reference requested. In order to assure consideration of the letters of reference, they must be received on or before the last date applications may be filed. 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. 6. You must file an original and seven (7) copies of your application. 7. Your application should be filed at the following address: Fourth Judicial District Nominating Commission Justice Michael L. Bender, Ex-Officio Chair 2 East 14th Avenue, 4th Floor Denver, CO 80203 8. Your application must be filed no later than 5:00 p.m., Monday, January 16, 2006. Revised: 8/4/04