In the past two years, Chief Judge Gilbert M. Román has presided over five swearing-in ceremonies for new judges on Colorado s second-highest court. Each time, he has opened with the same disclaimer about the 22-member Court of Appeals. "This is considered a heavy-docket court," Román says.
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday announced his appointment of Denver Juvenile Court Judge Pax Moultrie to Colorado s second-highest court, ending the four-year span in which no Black judges sat on the Court of Appeals.
Members of the legal community gathered over the weekend in Denver to celebrate the influx of Black women into the state s judiciary over the past four years.