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Ruth M. Acheson
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Ruth M. Acheson is a judge on the Mineral County Court in Colorado. She was initially appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) in August 2012 to fill the vacancy left by Judge Frank Stannard Lentz's retirement, effective January 8, 2013. Acheson won retention in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Biography
Acheson received a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado and a J.D. from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. She worked in private practice from 2004 to 2013 at her own firm, the Law Office of Ruth M. Acheson, where her sole focus was child protective issues. Before that, she served as a public defender in the Colorado 12th Judicial District.[1]
Elections
2016
Colorado held judicial retention elections in 2016. Thirty-six county court judges sought retention to four-year terms in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Ruth M. Acheson was retained in the Mineral County Court, Ruth M. Acheson Retention Election with 79.07 percent of the vote.
| Mineral County Court, Ruth M. Acheson Retention Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Ruth M. Acheson | 79.07% | |
| Source: Colorado Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||
Selection method
Judges of the Colorado County Courts are each appointed by the governor with the help of a commission—except in Denver, Colorado, where judges are appointed by the mayor rather than the governor.[2] Judges are initially appointed to two-year terms and then run in retention elections for four-year terms afterward.[3] To serve on this court, a judge must be a qualified elector and resident of the county and licensed to practice law in the state. Some small counties only require a high school degree or equivalent but require judges to attend an institute to learn about county court duties.
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Footnotes
- ↑ CBA CLE Legal Connection, "Ruth Acheson Appointed as New Mineral County Court Judge," August 30, 2012
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ State of Colorado Judicial Branch, "Judicial Nominating Commissions," accessed June 20, 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
