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Dec. 27, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Karen Salaz
303/837-3633
1-800-888-0001 Ext. 633
Judge Manzanares announces resignation
Commission sets date to select nominees
The Second Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet in the Fourth Floor Conference Room of the Colorado Supreme Court on Jan. 30, 2007, to interview and select nominees for appointment by the Governor to the office of district judge for the Second Judicial District. The vacancy is created by the resignation of the Honorable Lawrence A. Manzanares, which occurs on Jan. 9, 2007.
To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Second Judicial District and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years. The annual salary for this position is $113,232. The initial term of office of a district judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent district judge, if approved by the voters, has a term of six years.
Application forms are available from the office of the ex officio chair of the nominating commission, Justice Michael L. Bender, 2 East 14th Ave., Denver, Colo. 80203; and the office of the Court Administrator, Miles Flesche, City and County Building, 1437 Bannock Street, #256, Denver, Colo. 80202. Applications also are available on the court’s home page at http://www.courts.state.co.us/exec/media/vacancy.htm.
The original and seven copies of the application must be filed with the ex officio chair no later than 5:00 p.m., Jan. 18, 2007. Late applications will not be considered. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by letter to be submitted to any member of the nominating commission, with a copy to the ex officio chair, no later than Jan. 11, 2007.
Applications will be kept confidential, except that the nominating commission shall disclose the names, work addresses, and work telephone numbers of those nominees submitted to the Governor. The members of the nominating commission for the Second Judicial District are: E. Lee Reichert, Mary Michael Cooke, Gary M. Jackson, Donald E. Beauregard, Julia T. Waggener, Henry R. Sobanet and John E. Freyer, all of Denver.
Editor’s Note: Contact information for the nominating commission members:
· E. Lee Reichert, 1515 Arapahoe St., Tower 1, Suite 1600, Denver, CO 80202
· Mary Michael Cooke, 1375 Sherman St., Room 410, Denver, CO 80261
· Gary M. Jackson, 1741 High St., Denver, CO 80218
· Donald E. Beauregard, 88 Steele St., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80206
· Julia T. Waggener, 2015 York St., Denver, CO 80205
· Henry R. Sobanet, 111 State Capitol Building, Denver, CO 80203
· John E. Freyer, 3033 E. 1st Ave., #600, Denver, CO 80206
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