Colo. Chief Justice Mullarkey says she will retire in November

ap ^ | June 3, 2010

[george76]

Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey says she is retiring, effective Nov. 30.

Mullarkey said Thursday it is a good time personally and professionally for her to retire after 23 years on the court.

[Spok]

No more Mullarkey?

[george76]

One down and we did not even have to vote.

http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/

[A_Former_Democrat]

How can you be a judge and have a surname Mallarkey?

[A_Former_Democrat]

Mullarkey .. close enuff

[Paleo Conservative]

People are tired of Mullarkey.

[rod1]

I know its an O-bamanation.

[colorado tanker]

Interesting. She's a partisan Democrat but didn't pull the plug when Ritter could have gotten a Democrat in to replace her.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Good riddance.

Mary Mullarkey
Date of Judicial Appointment: June 29, 1987
Became Chief Justice: August 3, 1998

Justice Mullarkey was appointed to the seven member Colorado Supreme Court in 1987 by Governor Roy Romer. In 1998, she was selected by her fellow justices to serve as chief justice. She has received several honors and awards including most recently the 2002 Mary Lathrop award from the Colorado Women’s Bar Association and the 2003 Judicial Excellence award from the Denver Bar Association.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Justice Mullarkey practiced law for 19 years in a variety of settings. From 1975 to 1982, she specialized in appellate practice, first while heading the Appellate Section in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office and later while serving as Colorado’s Solicitor General. She has also served as the legal advisor to Governor Richard D. Lamm, held legal positions with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of the Interior, and engaged in the private practice of law.

The Chief Justice graduated from college in her home state of Wisconsin at St. Norbert College and from the Harvard Law School. She has been a resident of Denver since 1973. She is married to the Rev. Tom Korson who is a unitarian-universalist community minister. Their adult son, Andrew, a physician, is married and has a daughter.

[Morgan in Denver]

She will do this before losing her retention vote. The sad truth is all of the current judges up for retention need to be replaced. Period.

[Clintonfatigued]

I hope the Pubbies win that and elect Ken Buck this year.

[Colorado Cowgirl]

” The sad truth is all of the current judges up for retention need to be replaced.” I’ll do my part here in El Paso County.

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks! Me too!!!

http://www.clearthebenchcolorado.org/ has some good information too. If you donate or write them, tell Matt I referred you. He’ll think I’ve been helping out more than I have. LOL