• Handicap parking is in the south lot.
• Please call 970-423-8977 for entry assistance.
• All other day/night visitors & employees must park in the north lot on Rankin Way.
• Access will be at the rear of the building off of the bike path.

Please contact (970) 423-8977 for more information concerning access during construction.

The District has prepared a series of questions to determine the extent to which those procedures and standards have influenced the criminal processes in the District during the past eight years. Though the participants in the process have changed, many are the same. Others in the system have changed roles and have experienced what has occurred since 2002. In your response, we hope to draw on all of your experience in the system and not just that of your current role.

We encourage you to take this quick survey. To make it as easy as possible, we have created a special version of the Survey that’s easy to open on any computer. You may attach the completed form to an email and send it to monica@helmerlaw.com OR you may mail it via USPS to Chris Yuhas, Fifth Judicial District, PO Box 269, Breckenridge, CO 80424.

Commission sets date to select nominees
The Fifth Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet in the training room of the Summit County Justice Center on Friday, Aug. 20, 2010, to interview and select nominees for appointment by the governor to the office of district judge for the Fifth Judicial District (Eagle, Clear Creek, Lake and Summit counties). The vacancy will be created by the retirement of the Hon. W. Terry Ruckriegle. The vacancy will occur on Aug. 31, 2010; the new judge will start work on Jan. 1, 2011.

To be eligible for appointment to fill the vacancy, the applicant must be a qualified elector of the Fifth Judicial District and must have been admitted to the practice of law in Colorado for five years. The current annual salary for this position is $128,598. The initial term of office of a district judge is a provisional term of two years; thereafter, the incumbent district judge, if retained by the voters, has a term of six years.

Application forms are available from the office of the ex officio chair of the nominating commission, Justice Michael L. Bender, 101 W. Colfax, Suite 800, Denver, CO 80202; and the office of the district administrator, Christine Yuhas, Summit County Justice Center, 501 N. Park Ave., Breckenridge, CO 80424. Applications also are available on the Judicial Branch home page. The original and seven copies of the application must be filed with the ex officio chair no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, 2010. Late applications will not be considered. Any person wishing to suggest a candidate to fill the vacancy may do so by letter to be submitted to any member of the nominating commission, with a copy to the ex officio chair, no later than 5 p.m. Monday, July 26, 2010.

To view a complete version of the announcement from the Colorado Judicial Branch, please click here.

The Lake County Advocates would also like a list of attorneys to give to clients who don’t qualify for indigent help. These would be mostly for family law cases, but I’m sure other types of cases come up, like housing law, etc. If you would like to be on the list, please let me know. We would need to have this information from you:

• Your name
• Firm name
• Mailing address
• Telephone, Fax, Email
• Internet site if you have one
• Types of cases you accept
• Any special arrangements for initial consultation (free half hour, could do by telephone, etc.)
• Anything else, such as other languages spoken in your office, special rates, etc.

Anyone interested should contact Patricia at 970-668-9612 or pcraig@amigo.net.

Additionally, Legal Aid is looking for attorneys willing to “Skype” with seniors in Pitkin County on their legal questions. This could be done at the attorney’s desk, if the attorney has Skype on their computer, or at the Legal Services office, which has Skype available. Attorneys would be asked to volunteer for a lunch hour session once each quarter, offering each senior a 10-15 minute consultation. We can do this at the attorney’s convenience. Anyone interested should contact Patricia at 970-668-9612 or pcraig@amigo.net.