Jose Marquez (Colorado)
Jose D. L. Marquez was a judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals. He was appointed to the court on July 15, 1988, and retired on April 1, 2008.[1]
Education
Judge Marquez majored in philosophy at St. John’s University, in Collegeville, MN, in 1964. He earned his Law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, in 1970 and his LL.M. from the University of Virginia Law School in 2001.
Career
Judge Marquez served as Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, USAF, from February 1971 to June 1972, before working as an attorney for Colorado Rural Legal Services from June 1972-August 1975. He served as Regional Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Attorney General, Grand Junction, from September 1975-December 1977 before going into private practice with Prakken and Marquez (and then Prakken, Marquez & Coebergh) P.C., in Grand Junction, from January 1978 to January 1984.
Judge Marquez served as a district court judge, 21st Judicial District, Grand Junction, from February 1, 1984 to July 15, 1988, when he was appointed to the Court of Appeals.[2]
"Poster boy for term limits"
In 2006 a ballot measure called Amendment 40 sought to limit the terms that Colorado justices and judges could serve. Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews called Márquez "the poster boy for term limits." Marquez's Judicial Performance Review was close, with a vote of only 6-4 to retain him. The "variable quality of some of his opinions and sporadic departures from controlling law, especially given the length of time he has been on the bench" were cited as concerns by the review panel.[1][3] Despite these things, Marquez won re-election easily.
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