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Colorado justices, judges tell applicants what to expect when applying for the bench

May 27, 2025

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Michael Karlik

Members of Colorado’s judiciary spoke on Friday to more than three dozen people who are interested in becoming state judges, and hammered home a consistent theme: At the very beginning, they need to have a reason why they want to be a judge in the first place. “I have chaired probably hundreds of these commission…
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar speaks to Colorado lawyers about SCOTUS arguments, stakes of cases

May 18, 2024

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Michael Karlik

Elizabeth B. Prelogar, the Biden administration’s solicitor general who is responsible for arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke to an audience of Colorado attorneys on Saturday about the challenges of trying to persuade a conservative-majority court to adopt the federal government’s view of the law in high-stakes cases. Prelogar acknowledged she has argued positions…
Kathryn Starnella, who ‘never does anything halfway,’ ceremonially sworn in as federal judge

Oct 16, 2023

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Michael Karlik

Before Kathryn A. Starnella moved to Colorado more than a decade ago to clerk for a federal judge, she prepared for the job by volunteering at the federal court in Chicago. Then when Colorado’s U.S. District Court announced last year that she would be joining the bench as a magistrate judge, Starnella spent her free…
Justice Monica Márquez, attorneys honored for efforts to promote lawyers’ wellbeing

Sep 11, 2023

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Michael Karlik

Justice Monica M. Márquez and five other attorneys received awards on Thursday night for their efforts to foster wellbeing in the legal profession, at a ceremony hosted by the Colorado Women’s Bar Association Foundation. In her acceptance speech, Márquez observed the COVID-19 pandemic had changed the world, “and, frankly, not necessarily for the better.” “I feel like…

colorado women’s bar association

Colorado justices, judges tell applicants what to expect when applying for the bench

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar speaks to Colorado lawyers about SCOTUS arguments, stakes of cases

Kathryn Starnella, who ‘never does anything halfway,’ ceremonially sworn in as federal judge

Justice Monica Márquez, attorneys honored for efforts to promote lawyers’ wellbeing