Laurie Booras
Laurie A. Booras was a judge on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Her appointment by Democratic Governor Bill Ritter was announced on August 22, 2008, and she was sworn in on January 9, 2009.[1] Booras was retained in 2012 to a full eight-year term.[2] Booras resigned January 31, 2019, after admitting to using racially-charged language to refer to a colleague.[3]
In March 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court temporarily suspended Booras from the court following an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against her.[4] Click here for more information.
Education
Booras received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982.[5]
Career
Booras began her career in the Texas Attorney General's Office. She then worked in the Travis County District Attorney's Office and the Bexar County District Attorney's Office from 1985 to 1990. In 1991 she joined the Colorado Attorney General's Office's appellate division, where she worked until 2009. She became first assistant attorney general in January 2000.[5]
Elections
2012 election
- See also: Colorado judicial elections, 2012
Booras was retained in the general election on November 6, winning 72.19% of the vote.[6]
Judicial performance evaluation
The Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance evaluates judges based on the following criteria: integrity, legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament, and administrative performance.[7] Booras was recommended for retention by a 10-0 vote. [8]
Noteworthy events
Resignation following use of racially-charged language (2019)
Booras resigned from the court on January 31, 2019, after admitting to using racially-charged language to refer to a colleague on the Colorado Court of Appeals.[3]
In March 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court temporarily suspended Booras from the court following an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against her. The claim was brought by John Sakowicz, who said he previously had an extramarital intimate relationship with Booras. Sakowicz accused Booras of sexual harassment, coercive and extortionary behavior, and use of racially-charged language.[4]
Recent news
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado Judiciary Members," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Judicial Retention - 2012 Election Results," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Law and Crime, "Judge Resigns After Calling Fellow Jurist a ‘Little Mexican’ in an Email," January 11, 2019
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Times-Call, "Colorado Supreme Court suspends appellate judge following sexual harassment complaint," March 30, 2018
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Colorado Judicial Branch, "Laurie A. Booras," accessed September 14, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "2012 Official General Election Results," May 3, 2013
- ↑ Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, "Judicial Performance Fact Sheet," November 10, 2014
- ↑ Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, "Honorable Laurie A. Booras," accessed September 14, 2015
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