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Gerald Rafferty
Gerald Rafferty is a former judge for the Eighteenth Judicial District Court of Colorado. He was appointed in 1999 and was most recently retained by voters in 2014.[1] [2]
Rafferty resigned from the court on January 23, 2016. He was succeeded by Gary Kramer.[3]
Military service
Rafferty attended the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs for his undergraduate education. After he graduated, he served as an Air Force pilot until 1972 and as a special agent for the FBI from 1973 to 1977.[1]
Education
Rafferty received a bachelor's degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1967. He then earned his J.D. from the John Marshall Law School in 1978.[1]
Career
Rafferty began his legal career in 1978 as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office. He left this position and was of counsel to a private law firm in 1988 and 1989. He then returned to work as a federal prosecutor until 1995. From 1995 until his judicial appointment in 1999, he worked as a deputy district attorney in Denver and an adjunct professor with the University of Denver Law School.[1]
Elections
2014
Rafferty was retained to the Eighteenth Judicial District with 70.0 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [4]
Judicial performance evaluation
The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Rafferty be Retained. The full report is available here.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Colorado Judicial Branch, "Gerald Rafferty," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado," accessed July 13, 2015
- ↑ The Villager, "POLITICS – Hickenlooper appoints Kramer as judge in 18th Judicial District," January 13, 2016
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Unofficial Candidate List," accessed September 4, 2014
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Colorado • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Colorado
State courts:
Colorado Supreme Court • Colorado Court of Appeals • Colorado District Courts • Colorado County Courts • Denver Probate Court • Denver Juvenile Court • Colorado Municipal Courts • Colorado Water Courts
State resources:
Courts in Colorado • Colorado judicial elections • Judicial selection in Colorado
