pronouns
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Federal judge declines to ask 10th Circuit to review pronoun policy, tells lawyers they are free to deviate
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A federal judge rejected for the second time last week a complaint from a pair of lawyers about his courtroom policy on the use of pronouns, reiterating that the attorneys are — and have been — free to refer to transgender people as they wish. “They’ve done so from the start. They’ve done so without sanction or…
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Judges warn about bias in courtrooms, legal profession
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During his career as a lawyer, Denver District Court Judge Jon J. Olafson, who is gay, would get singled out as “the party planner.” Karen Steinhauser, a lawyer and Aurora Municipal Court relief judge, was once called up to a judge’s bench by herself, only to be told, “You look really lovely today.” “When we…