Legal Review Committee Agenda and Packet 2016 08 10

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C. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE 8. List all courts in which you have been admitted to practice, with dates of admission. Give the same information for administrative bodies which require special admission to practice. Bar Admission Date Colorado 9-29-78 U.S. District Court, Colorado 9-29-78 9. Indicate your present employment (list professional partners or associates, if any, and include dates). If you currently practice law, describe the nature of your present law practice, listing the major types of law you practice and the percentage each constitutes of your total practice. Boulder County Court Judge. I am a trial court judge handling both criminal and civil cases. 10. If you have focused on any specific area of law listed in number 9, what is it? Felony cases, misdemeanor cases, traffic cases, and a variety of civil matters. The majority of the cases handle are criminal and traffic. 11. Have you practiced in the trial courts of Colorado within the past five years? If so, please state what percentage of your total practice your trial practice constituted and the types of matters handled. Yes, I have been a state court judge for the past 15 years, handling roughly 2/3rds criminal/traffic and 1/3 civil cases. 12. Summarize your experience presiding over or serving as an advocate in adversary proceedings before administrative boards or commissions. When I was in private practice (for 23 years) I handled DMV hearings, Liquor License hearings, and CU student conduct hearings. 13. List your prior professional or business employment since completion of your formal education (include dates). I was a partner in the firm of Ehrhart & Stavely from 1978 until 1982. 1 was an attorney and partner in firm of Chrisman, Bynum & Johnson, P.C. from 1982 until 2001. I was the Associate Judge in Lafayette, Colorado from approximately 1982 until 1990. 1 was the Presiding Judge in the Louisville Municipal Court from 1990 until 2001, when I was appointed to the Boulder County Court. 14. If you have not been employed continuously since completion of your formal education, provide the dates and for each period, describe generally what you were doing. Yes, see above for my legal employment. After 1 graduated from college in December of 1973 I had several part time jobs before I started law school in 1975. I played for the Detroit Wheels in the World Football league and the Denver Broncos in the summer of 1974. Worked part-time for two Boulder law firms and worked part-time for Continental Airlines. D. PROFESSIONAL, COMMUNITY, AND PUBLIC SERVICE 15. List activities in professional associations, including offices held, committees, awards, honors, and citations (include dates). Professionally, in 2009 to 2010 I was the President of the Colorado County Court Judges' Page 2of7