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Karl Schock, judge with ‘big plans,’ officially sworn in to state’s Court of Appeals
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When Karl L. Schock met the woman he would later marry, he introduced himself, in her recollection, by saying: “Hi, I’m Karl and I have big plans.” “I promise that’s an unfair paraphrase of my first words to my future wife,” Schock insisted as his colleagues on the state’s Court of Appeals laughed. On Thursday,…
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2 new federal judges named for Colorado
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Susan Prose and Kathryn Starnella, two attorneys with the top federal and state prosecutors’ offices in Colorado, will be the next judges to serve on the federal trial court based in Denver. The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on Monday announced that the two women have been appointed as magistrate judges. A…
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Colorado’s U.S. attorney, top public defender discuss priorities, including fentanyl, in joint appearance
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The top federal prosecutor and public defender in Colorado appeared together in downtown Denver on Thursday for a discussion that touched on criminal justice priorities like the fentanyl crisis, as well as the Biden administration’s judicial nominees and their efforts to diversity their offices. Although U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan and Federal Public Defender Virginia Grady are within…
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Trump nominates new U.S. attorney for Colorado
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President Donald Trump has nominated Jason Dunn to serve as Colorado’s U.S. attorney in a long-anticipated move, the White House announced Wednesday. Dunn is a former deputy state attorney general and assistant solicitor general under former Colorado Attorney General John Suthers (now Colorado Springs’ mayor) and a shareholder at the powerful Denver law firm Brownstein…
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Obama appointee Bob Troyer named permanent U.S. attorney for Colorado by Trump administration
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has appointed Bob Troyer to be U.S. attorney for the District of Colorado, the Justice Department announced Friday. Troyer had been serving as acting U.S. attorney since he was named to that position in August 2016 by the Obama administration after the previous U.S. attorney, John Walsh, stepped down. The permanent…
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Report: Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers on White House shortlist for FBI director
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers is on the Trump administration’s list of 11 candidates to replaced former FBI Director James Comey, Fox News reported Friday morning. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said in a tweet Friday that he had recommended Suthers — a former federal prosecutor and Colorado’s attorney general for a decade — to the…
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The Hot Sheet — Some highly-speculative, presidential changing of the guard reporting for ya, Leonard goes to jail, Buck still hates D.C., crybaby electors head to court and … MORE!
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VOL. 01 NO. 203 | DECEMBER 12, 2016 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2016 DENVER – A state representative going to jail during the holidays? For the first time in decades … Oh my! Wasn’t there something about this in the Book of Revelations? Goodness. Good morning, and happy Monday. We guess it’s happy. But it’s…
