Charles C. Butler

Charles C. Butler (February 6, 1865 – November 16, 1946) was an attorney who began practicing law in 1891. Within one year he became a deputy district attorney and then was a district court judge. He served as a justice and the chief justice in the Colorado Supreme Court. Butler served as president of the Teller County and Denver Bar Associations and was vice president of the Colorado Bar Association. Early life and education Charles Cicero Butler was born on February 6, 1865, to Washington Irving and Henrietta Comstock Butler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father, born in New York, was a lawyer who lived in New York and Wisconsin. In 1868, he moved to New York City and practiced law until his death in 1885. His mother was born in Ohio. Butler was an only child. He worked in a bank. In 1887, he traveled to Gilpin County, Colorado, where he worked as a miner. He then moved to Denver, where he studied law under Robert Collier. He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in 1891. He was a member of the Phi Delta Phi fraternity. The same year, he was admitted to the bar in Colorado. He received an honorary Doctor of Law LLD from the University of Denver in 1925. He also received a degree from the University of Colorado. Career In 1892, Butler was made a deputy district attorney for the Colorado district courts. He moved to Cripple Creek in 1895 and was appointed deputy district attorney in 1904. He was deputy district attorney in Teller and Arapahoe Counties. In 1908, he moved to Denver, and he practiced law there until 1912. He specialized in mining law.