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Gail Nichols

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Gail Nichols
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Prior offices:
Colorado 9th Judicial District

Education
Bachelor's
University of Colorado, 1972
Law
Vermont Law School, 1980


Gail Nichols was a judge for the Ninth Judicial District Court of Colorado, appointed in 2008.[1] She was retained in 2010 to a six-year term, but she retired on October 31, 2015.[2][3]

Education

Nichols received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and J.D. from Vermont Law School.[2]

Career

Immediately prior to assuming the bench as a district court judge in 2008, Nichols was an attorney in private practice. She also previously worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Newark, New Jersey in the criminal division.[2]

Elections

2010

See also: Colorado judicial elections, 2010

Nichols was retained with 75.2 percent of the vote in 2010.[2][4]

Retention recommendation

Nichols is recommended for retention by the Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation.

  • Read the performance review here.

See also

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Footnotes