A public comment period has opened for the 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission in charge of choosing an applicant to fill the vacancy made by 6th Judicial District Judge William Herringer, whose resignation was announced for March 9.
Ten candidates have applied to fill the vacancy, according to a news release from the Colorado Judicial Department. Until 4 p.m. Thursday, public comments about the qualifications of any of the applicants can be directed to any member of the nominating commission.
Public comments to commission members must also be copied to the ex officio chair, Justice Carlos A. Samour Jr., at 2 E. 14th Ave., Denver, CO 80203, or at judicial.vacancies@judicial.state.co.us.
The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission is scheduled to consider candidates in a virtual meeting on Monday.
Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission members and their email addresses are:
- Ingrid Alt, ialt@gmalawyers.com.
- James Cross, cross_j@fortlewis.edu.
- Paul DeBell, padebell@fortlewis.edu.
- Barrie Hedges Newberger King, barrie@newbergerkinglaw.com.
- Albert Northrop, pagosacowboy@gmail.com.
- Kathryn Steelman, ksteelmanlaw@gmail.com.
- John Wright, wrightjo@frontier.net.
The 10 applicants vying for the 6th Judicial District judgeship are from as close as Durango itself and from as far as Edwards and Denver. They are:
- Christian Champagne, Durango.
- Anthony Edwards, Silverton.
- William Furse, Dolores.
- Courtney Holm, Edwards.
- Arthur Jacobs, Durango.
- Sean Murray, Durango.
- David Ottman, Durango.
- Kim Shropshire, Durango.
- Barbara Stauch, Denver.
- Reid Stewart, Hesperus.
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