Monica Márquez | |
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Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court | |
Assumed office December 10, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Bill Ritter |
Preceded by | Mary Mullarkey |
Personal details | |
Born | Monica Marie Márquez April 20, 1969 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Independent |
Domestic partner | Sheila Barthel |
Education |
Stanford University (
BA) Yale University ( JD) |
Monica Marie Márquez (born April 20, 1969) is an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Previously a deputy Colorado attorney general, she was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to the Supreme Court in 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey. [1] She was sworn in on December 10, 2010. [2]
A native of Austin, Texas, Márquez grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and graduated as valedictorian from Grand Junction High School in 1987. [3] [4] She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1991 before spending two years with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working with at-risk children in Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. [5] She then attended Yale Law School, earning a Juris Doctor in 1997 and serving as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. [1] She went on to clerk for two federal judges: Michael Ponsor of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and David M. Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. [6] She then worked as an associate at Holme Roberts & Owen before joining the Colorado Attorney General's office in 2002. [6]
Márquez is a past president of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and a board member of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. [7] She also served as chairwoman of the Denver Mayor’s LGBT Commission. [7] Her father, Jose D.L. Márquez, was the first Latino judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. [6]
On August 24, 2010, the Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission selected Márquez as one of three candidates to replace Mary Mullarkey on the Colorado Supreme Court. [8] On September 8, 2010, Democratic Governor Bill Ritter announced Márquez as his choice to replace Mullarkey. [5] The appointment won praise from her former boss, Republican Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. [5]
Márquez is the first Latina and first openly gay person to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court. [1] Her long-term partner is Sheila Barthel. [2] As of 2021, she is the longest-serving of eleven openly LGBT state supreme court justices serving in the United States.
Monica Márquez | |
---|---|
Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court | |
Assumed office December 10, 2010 | |
Appointed by | Bill Ritter |
Preceded by | Mary Mullarkey |
Personal details | |
Born | Monica Marie Márquez April 20, 1969 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Political party | Independent |
Domestic partner | Sheila Barthel |
Education |
Stanford University (
BA) Yale University ( JD) |
Monica Marie Márquez (born April 20, 1969) is an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Previously a deputy Colorado attorney general, she was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter to the Supreme Court in 2010 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey. [1] She was sworn in on December 10, 2010. [2]
A native of Austin, Texas, Márquez grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado and graduated as valedictorian from Grand Junction High School in 1987. [3] [4] She earned a bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1991 before spending two years with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, working with at-risk children in Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. [5] She then attended Yale Law School, earning a Juris Doctor in 1997 and serving as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. [1] She went on to clerk for two federal judges: Michael Ponsor of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and David M. Ebel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. [6] She then worked as an associate at Holme Roberts & Owen before joining the Colorado Attorney General's office in 2002. [6]
Márquez is a past president of the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and a board member of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. [7] She also served as chairwoman of the Denver Mayor’s LGBT Commission. [7] Her father, Jose D.L. Márquez, was the first Latino judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals. [6]
On August 24, 2010, the Colorado Supreme Court Nominating Commission selected Márquez as one of three candidates to replace Mary Mullarkey on the Colorado Supreme Court. [8] On September 8, 2010, Democratic Governor Bill Ritter announced Márquez as his choice to replace Mullarkey. [5] The appointment won praise from her former boss, Republican Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. [5]
Márquez is the first Latina and first openly gay person to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court. [1] Her long-term partner is Sheila Barthel. [2] As of 2021, she is the longest-serving of eleven openly LGBT state supreme court justices serving in the United States.