2014 Colorado Judicial Performance Evaluations

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1 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments COLORADO SUPREME COURT Votes To Brian D. Boatright 66% 15% 69% Do Not Monica M. Márquez 83% 8% 68% Marginal COLORADO COURT OF APPEALS Alan M. Loeb 85% 3% 69% Marginal Maria Theresa Terry Fox 69% 13% 66% Do Not FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Gilpin, Jefferson Counties) Randall C. Arp 79% 12% 67% Marginal Margie L. Enquist 76% 14% 67% Marginal Ann Gail Meinster 80% 10% 69% Marginal Lily Oeffler 88% 7% 70% Tamara Russell 87% 6% 70% Christopher C. Zenisek 84% 4% 68% Marginal Jefferson County Susan L. Fisch 85% 7% 70% Marginal Jefferson County Mark Randall 70% 14% 67% Do Not Jefferson County Ryan J. Stuart 79% 12% 68% Marginal Jefferson County Thomas Vance 89% 7% 70% Jefferson County Jean Woodford 71% 18% 67% Do Not No county court judges standing for retention in Gilpin County. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Denver County) Martin F. Egelhoff 70% 18% 70% Do Not J. Eric Elliff 93% 4% 74% A. Bruce Jones 90% 2% 74% John Madden 58% 33% 66% Do Not Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys The Equal Justice Foundation is a public charity {501(c)(3)} located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Our web sites are ejfi.org and dvmen.org. Contributions can be made online and are tax deductible. Page 1 of 8

2 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments Robert L. McGahey, Jr. 84% 8% 73% Marginal Sheila Ann Rapaport 78% 6% 72% Marginal Elizabeth Anne Starrs 82% 7% 75% Marginal Michael J. Vallejos 81% 12% 74% Marginal Probate Elizabeth D. Leith 75% 16% 75% Marginal Denver County Johnny Charles Barrajas 80% 12% 74% Marginal Denver County James B. Breese 73% 0% 74% Do Not Denver County Dianne L. Briscoe No Opinion 42% 36% 58% Do Not Denver County Brian Thomas Campbell 81% 10% 75% Marginal Denver County Clarisse G. Mangnail 93% 7% 76% THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Huerfano, Las Animas Counties) No district judges standing for retention Las Animas County Bruce A. Billings 97% 0% 71% No county court judges standing for retention in Huerfano County. FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (El Paso, Teller Counties) Votes To William Bain 89% 7% 70% Edward S. Colt 90% 6% 70% Jann DuBois 90% 0% 71% Barbara L. Hughes 77% 14% 65% Marginal Thomas Kelly Kane 90% 6% 72% Thomas L. Kennedy 79% 15% 70% Do Not 3 Michael P. McHenry 85% 7% 68% Marginal David Prince 81% 12% 71% Marginal Gregory R. Werner 76% 14% 68% Marginal El Paso County Christopher E. Acker 64% 29% 57% Do Not El Paso County Lawrence D. Martin 87% 8% 72% Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 2 of 8

3 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments El Paso County Douglas J. Miles 83% 11% 71% Marginal El Paso County Ann M. Rotolo 70% 22% 69% Do Not El Paso County Stephen J. Sletta 77% 16% 71% Marginal El Paso County Jonathan L. Walker 80% 15% 69% Marginal El Paso County Regina Walter 63% 32% 63% Do Not Teller County Lin Billings-Veta 89% 6% 72% FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit Counties) Mark D. Thompson 96% 2% 77% Frederick Walker Gannett 80% 9% 75% Marginal Russell H. Granger 80% 18% 75% Marginal No county court judges standing for retention in Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties. SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan Counties) Suzanne F. Carlson 79% 17% 72% Marginal La Plata County Martha Tinsley Minot 72% 13% 78% Do Not No county court judges standing for retention in Archuleta and San Juan Counties. Votes To SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel Counties) J. Steven Patrick 88% 8% 61% Mary E. Deganhart 86% 15% 64% Montrose County Julie J. Huffman 50% 50% 65% Do Not Montrose County Ben A. Morris 62% 19% 66% Do Not Ouray County David Scott Westfall 95% 0% 82% San Miguel County Scott T. Erickson 89% 11% 84% No county court judges standing for retention in Delta, Gunnison and Hinsdale Counties. Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 3 of 8

4 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Jackson, Larimer Counties) Julie Kunce Field 79% 10% 71% Marginal Thomas R. French 87% 4% 72% Stephen E. Howard 80% 11% 73% Marginal Jackson County Cindy Wilson 80% 20% 79% Marginal Larimer County Thomas L. Lynch 92% 4% 74% Larimer County Peter E. Schoon, Jr. 79% 12% 73% Marginal NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco Counties) Denise K. Lynch 79% 14% 75% Marginal Garfield County Paul H. Metzger 96% 1% 78% Garfield County Jonathan B. Pototsky 94% 1% 76% Pitkin County Erin Fernandez-Ely 91% 6% 89% Rio Blanco County Laurie Noble 88% 0% 80% TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Pueblo County) Votes To William David Alexander 84% 9% 73% Marginal Pueblo County Steven Bruce Fieldman 84% 5% 71% Marginal Pueblo County Valerie Villanueva Haynes Do Not 11% 74% 63% Do Not Pueblo County David L. Lobato 94% 2% 72% ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park Counties) David M. Thorson 100% 0% 66% Custer County Peter F. Michaelson 89% 11% 71% Fremont County Norman C. Cooling 68% 19% 65% Do Not Park County Brian L. Green 84% 11% 71% Marginal No county court judges standing for retention in Chaffee County. Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 4 of 8

5 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments TWELFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache Counties) Michael A. Gonzales 81% 7% 72% Marginal Alamosa County Daniel Austin Walzl 69% 14% 73% Do Not Costilla County Kimberly Lynn Wood 52% 24% 74% Do Not Rio Grande County Patrick H. Hayes, Jr. 87% 0% 79% No county court judges standing for retention in Conejos, Mineral, and Saguache Counties. THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma Counties) Kevin L. Hoyer 77% 10% 71% Marginal Douglas R. Vannoy 77% 4% 70% Marginal Kit Carson County Michael K. Grinnan 94% 6% 77% Morgan County Michael J. Schingle 97% 0% 79% Yuma County Sara M. Wagers-Johnson 50% 35% 63% Do Not No county court judges standing for retention in Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and Washington Counties. FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Grand, Moffat, Routt Counties) Votes To Shelley A. Hill 89% 4% 75% Grand County Ben W. McClelland Do Not 56% 32% 47% Do Not Moffat County Sandra H. Gardner 93% 2% 76% Routt County James H. Garrecht 92% 3% 86% FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers Counties) No district court judges standing for retention. Baca County Debra M. Gunkel 91% 0% 76% Cheyenne County Gerald Keefe 100% 0% 80% Kiowa County Gary W. Davis 67% 33% 80% Do Not Prowers County Larry Eugene Stutler 100% 0% 82% Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 5 of 8

6 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments Votes To SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Bent, Crowley, Otero Counties) No district court judges standing for retention. Crowley County Suzanne A. Grant 74% 20% 71% Do Not Otero County Douglas R. Manley 82% 12% 76% Marginal No county court judges standing for retention in Bent County. SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Adams, Broomfield Counties) Robert Walter Kiesnowski, Jr. 84% 8% 66% Marginal John E. Popovich 100% 0% 67% Ted C. Tow III (Unpopular-domestic cases) 90% 8% 64% Mark Douglas Warner 87% 0% 67% Francis W. Wasserman 65% 30% 64% Do Not Craig Welling 93% 4% 66% Adams County Brian Nathaniel Bowen 65% 15% 64% Do Not Adams County Michael A. Cox 93% 6% 66% Adams County Robert S. Doyle 83% 12% 65% Marginal Adams County Byron Lynn Howell 58% 25% 61% Do Not Adams County Sabino E. Romano 97% 0% 66% Adams County Dianna L. Roybal 44% 40% 61% Do Not Broomfiled County Amy E. Bockman 65% 18% 76% Do Not EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln Counties) Michelle Ann Amico 88% 8% 65% F. Stephen Collins 53% 30% 62% Do Not Paul A. King 92% 0% 70% Charles M. Pratt 88% 2% 69% Gerald J. Rafferty 86% 4% 70% Theresa Michelle Slade 70% 19% 63% Do Not Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 6 of 8

7 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments Votes To Elizabeth Beebe Volz 57% 22% 60% Do Not John L. Wheeler 65% 22% 68% Do Not Arapahoe County Dana E. Murray 95% 2% 72% Arapahoe County Cheryl Rowles-Stokes 33% 51% 64% Do Not Arapahoe County Robert Charles Tobias 88% 5% 71% Arapahoe County Darren Louis Vahle 75% 15% 70% Marginal Douglas County Lawrence Bowling 89% 4% 71% Douglas County Monica J. Gomez 71% 15% 65% Do Not Douglas County Susanna Meissner-Cutler 90% 7% 71% Elbert County Palmer L. Boyette 86% 3% 64% Lincoln County Truston Lee Fisher 23% 61% 79% Do Not NINETEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Weld County) Timothy G. Kerns 78% 10% 68% Marginal Marcelo Adrian Kopcow 75% 19% 67% Marginal Weld County John J. Briggs 77% 15% 69% Marginal Weld County Michele Meyer 76% 7% 68% Marginal Weld County Dana Nichols 62% 22% 65% Do Not Weld County Charles S. Unfug 72% 16% 64% Do Not TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Boulder County) Maria E. Berkenkotter 87% 9% 79% Ingrid S. Bakke 89% 6% 79% Patrick Butler 79% 9% 74% Marginal Judith L. LaBuda 68% 18% 71% Do Not Andrew Ross Macdonald 81% 3% 77% Marginal Boulder County David Archuleta 89% 8% 79% Boulder County Noel E. Blum 71% 15% 61% Do Not Page 7 of 8 Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys

8 2014 Colorado s s Based On Attorney ments Boulder County Karolyn Moore Do Not 45% 40% 61% Do Not Boulder County Norma A. Sierra 70% 20% 76% Do Not TWENTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Mesa County) David A. Bottger 86% 5% 68% Thomas M. Deister 73% 13% 64% Do Not Brian J. Flynn 73% 18% 69% Do Not Mesa County Bruce R. Raaum 71% 10% 69% Do Not TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Dolores, Montezuma Counties) No district court judges standing for retention. Montezuma County Jenilynn E. Lawrence 76% 21% 74% Marginal No county court judges standing for retention in Dolores County. Notes: 1. List of judges standing for retention in 2014 available at retentionlist.cfm?year= Our basic assumption is that the best judges of a judge are the attorneys who appear before them as they have similar levels of education, pass the same bar examination, and have far more contact with a judge than most citizens. 3. and recommendation based primarily on attorney evaluations but prior experience with a judge and recommendations of other advocacy groups are included. 4. Histories of Colorado judges, including previous evaluations, are available at Votes To Criteria: >85% of attorneys, Marginal 75-85% of attorneys, Do Not <75% of attorneys Page 8 of 8

Colorado Pretrial Services Data Collection - October 2017 Prepared by: Maureen A. Cain, Colorado Criminal Defense Institute

Colorado Pretrial Services Data Collection - October 2017 Prepared by: Maureen A. Cain, Colorado Criminal Defense Institute Judicial District/Counties Pretrial Services/CPAT Notes FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT