David Migoya

1 month ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s method of investigating and disciplining judges for alleged violations of its code of conduct doesn’t apply to retired jurists specially appointed to handle individual cases. Similarly, the state’s investigative arm that looks into allegations of attorney misconduct also has no jurisdiction over issues involving private judges, as they are known, outside of the same code of professional conduct lawyers must follow, both discipline authorities have told The Denver Gazette.

1 month ago | gazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s method of investigating and disciplining judges for alleged violations of its code of conduct doesn’t apply to retired jurists specially appointed to handle individual cases. Similarly, the state’s investigative arm that looks into allegations of attorney misconduct also has no jurisdiction over issues involving private judges, as they are known, outside of the same code of professional conduct lawyers must follow, both discipline authorities have told The Denver Gazette.

2 months ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

Colorado’s independently owned liquor stores, reeling from voter-approved wine sales in grocery stores, landed a significant victory with the passage of a bill that stops more grocery stores with pharmacies from getting into the booze-selling game. Senate Bill 25-33, passed the full Colorado House of Representatives this week, 55-8, and now heads to Gov.

2 months ago | denvergazette.com | David Migoya

More than a half dozen judges in Colorado — each of them specially appointed and paid to oversee a divorce case since 2019 — has made at least one political campaign contribution while serving in that capacity despite a prohibition against the practice and an affirmation to uphold it, The Denver Gazette has found.

2 months ago | gazette.com | David Migoya

Private judges hired to handle divorce cases in Colorado suppress them from public view at far greater rates than in cases that rely on district court judges, leaving some legal experts wondering whether affluent clients are simply buying their way into secrecy. The newspaper found that some private judges have suppressed cases nearly routinely, while having barely utilized that tool when they served on the district court bench.