CORRECTED: GOV. RITTER APPOINTS NEW JUDGE TO ARAPAHOE COUNTY COURT BENCH

Gov. Bill Ritter today announced the appointment of Addison Lloyd Adams of Aurora to serve as an Arapahoe County Court judge within the 18^th Judicial District.

 

Adams has served since 1998 as a District Court magistrate in the 18^th Judicial District, which serves Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert andLincoln counties, primarily handling a domestic relations docket.

 

Prior to that, Adams was a partner in the Adams & Post Law Partnership; a trial attorney and public defender in Arapahoe, Adams andDenver counties; a solo practitioner; and an assistant attorney general.

 

Adams earned his bachelor's degree in 1969 from Hampton University and his M.A. in public administration from the University ofColorado at Boulder in 1974. He also earned his law degree in 1979 and a master's in social work in 1993, both from the University ofDenver.

 

The appointment is effective Jan. 13, 2009, to fill a vacancy created by the appointment of the Hon. Christopher Cross to district court. The appointment is for a provisional term of two years, and then until the second Tuesday in January following the next general election. Thereafter, if retained by the voters, the term for a county court judge is four years. The current salary for a County Court judge is $123,067.