Wednesday, December 19, 2007

GOV. RITTER APPOINTS PUEBLO COUNTY COURT JUDGE

Gov. Bill Ritter today announced the appointment of Steven Bruce
Fieldman of Pueblo West to serve as a Pueblo County Court judge in the
10th Judicial District.

Fieldman is currently a deputy district attorney in the 10th Judicial
District, a position he has held since 1993. Prior to serving in the
District Attorney's Office, Fieldman was a volunteer attorney/
paralegal with the Legal Aid Society of San Diego.

He has performed extensive community service worked extensively in the
community, including serving on the boards of Crossroads' Turning
Points and the Senior Resource Development Agency, as well as the
Pueblo Community Health Center Nurse-Family Partnership Program
Advisory Board.

Fieldman is also a member of Pueblo County Domestic Violence Task
Force and the Pueblo CountyDomestic Violence Treatment Center. He
received his bachelor's degree in psychology from ClarkUniversity in
1988 and his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law
in 1992.

The initial term of office is a provisional term of approximately two
years, and then until the second Tuesday in January following the next
general election.