• District Court, D. Colorado

  Judge

  2008 – present · 18 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Managing senior associate counsel

  University of Colorado at Boulder

  2006 – 2008 · 2 yrs

• Visiting professor

  University of Denver College of Law

  2003 – present · 23 yrs

• Private practice

  2003 – 2006 · 3 yrs

• chief deputy attorney general

  2000 – 2002 · 2 yrs

• Visiting and adjunct professor

  University of Colorado School of Law

  1999 – 2002 · 3 yrs

• Office of the Attorney General

  State of Colorado

  1999 – 2002 · 3 yrs

• deputy for states services

  1999 – 2000 · 1 yr

• vice-president of legal

  1996 – 1997 · 1 yr

• Professional Fee Examiners

  Inc.

  1991 – 1997 · 6 yrs

• consultant

  1991 – 1996 · 5 yrs

• Associate and full professor

  University of Kansas School of Law

  1991 – 1999 · 8 yrs

• Private practice

  1985 – 1991 · 6 yrs

• Private practice

  1980 – 1985 · 5 yrs

Education