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Monica Márquez Chief Justice
Chief Justice, Colorado Supreme Court
Background: Following her admission to the bar, Márquez served as a clerk for Judge Michael Ponsor of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and Judge David Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. She then entered private practice at the firm Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP.
At a glance
- Court
- Colorado Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter (D) (2010); retained by voters in a retention election on November 5, 2024
- Appointed by
- Gov. Bill Ritter (D)
- Appointment date
- 2010
- Took office
- 2010
- Current term ends
- January 10, 2034
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 5, 2024
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Strong Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: Stanford University, 1991
- Law: Yale Law School, 1997
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Assisted appointment (governor-controlled commission)A nominating commission screens candidates and sends a shortlist; the governor appoints from it. In many such states, justices later face yes/no retention elections.
Summary of facts listed on Monica Márquez’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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