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'''Elizabeth Anne Starrs''' is a former judge for the [[Colorado 2nd Judicial District|Second Judicial District Court]] of [[Colorado]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Contact.cfm/District_ID/2 ''Colorado Judicial Branch'', "2nd Judicial District Judges," accessed September 8, 2014]</reF> She served on the court from 2012 to 2020. Starrs was first appointed to the court by Governor [[John Hickenlooper]] on July 3, 2012, effective September 7, 2012.<ref name=art>[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/07/03/starrs-named-denver-district-court-judge.html ''Denver Business Journal,'' "Starrs named Denver District Court judge," July 3, 2012]</ref> She was later [[retention election|retained]] by voters in 2014 for a six-year term.{{Resultsref2014|State=Colorado}}<ref name=selectionpage>[http://judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/methods/selection_of_judges.cfm?state=CO ''National Center for State Courts'', "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado," accessed July 13, 2015]</ref> Starrs resigned from the court before the end of her term on July 1, 2020.<ref>[https://www.courts.state.co.us/Careers/Judge_Opportunities/Announcements/JD02%20-%20Starrs%20vacancy%20FINAL.pdf ''Colorado Courts'', "Second Judicial District announces District Court vacancy," March 4, 2020]</ref>
'''Elizabeth Anne Starrs''' is a former judge for the [[Colorado 2nd Judicial District|Second Judicial District Court]] of [[Colorado]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/2/http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/District/Contact.cfm/District_ID/2 ''Colorado Judicial Branch'', "2nd Judicial District Judges," accessed September 8, 2014]</reF> She served on the court from 2012 to 2020. Starrs was first appointed to the court by Governor [[John Hickenlooper]] on July 3, 2012, effective September 7, 2012.<ref name=art>[http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2012/07/03/starrs-named-denver-district-court-judge.html ''Denver Business Journal,'' "Starrs named Denver District Court judge," July 3, 2012]</ref> She was later [[retention election|retained]] by voters in 2014 for a six-year term.{{Resultsref2014|State=Colorado}}<ref name=selectionpage>[http://judicialselection.us/judicial_selection/methods/selection_of_judges.cfm?state=CO ''National Center for State Courts'', "Methods of Judicial Selection: Colorado," accessed July 13, 2015]</ref> Starrs resigned from the court before the end of her term on July 1, 2020.<ref>[https://www.courts.state.co.us/Careers/Judge_Opportunities/Announcements/JD02%20-%20Starrs%20vacancy%20FINAL.pdf ''Colorado Courts'', "Second Judicial District announces District Court vacancy," March 4, 2020]</ref>

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Elizabeth Anne Starrs
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Prior offices:
Colorado 2nd Judicial District
Year left office: 2020
Successor: Jill Deborah Dorancy (Nonpartisan)

Education
Bachelor's
University of Michigan, 1975
Law
Suffolk University, 1980


Elizabeth Anne Starrs is a former judge for the Second Judicial District Court of Colorado.[1] She served on the court from 2012 to 2020. Starrs was first appointed to the court by Governor John Hickenlooper on July 3, 2012, effective September 7, 2012.[2] She was later retained by voters in 2014 for a six-year term. [3] Starrs resigned from the court before the end of her term on July 1, 2020.[4]

Education

Starrs earned her B.A. in Communications from University of Michigan in 1975 and her J.D. from Suffolk University in 1980.[5]

Career

Before her appointment in 2012, Starrs ran her own firm, Starrs Mihm LLP. Before starting the firm she worked with Kennedy & Christopher PC, formerly known as Cooper & Kelley PC.[2]

Elections

2014

Starrs was retained to the Second Judicial District with 74.7 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [6] 

Judicial performance evaluation

The Colorado Commissions on Judicial Performance recommended that Judge Starrs be Retained. The full report is available here.

See also

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