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In 1986, Vollack was elevated to serve as justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He sat as chief justice from 1995 to 1998, during which he helped form the Colorado Judicial Coordinating Council, [15] composed of state and federal judges, and used the power of the "Chief Justice Directive" to modernize court operations.
The Judiciary of Colorado is established and authorized by Article VI of the Colorado Constitution as well as the law of Colorado.The various courts include the Colorado Supreme Court, Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado district courts (for each of the 22 judicial districts), Colorado county courts (for each of Colorado's 64 counties), Colorado water courts, and municipal courts.
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).
Decisions from the county courts may be appealed to the district courts. Unlike a common practice where appeals are reviewed by a panel of at least three judges, the Colorado district courts act in dual capacity (i.e. as trial courts and as appellate courts), thus each appeal is decided by a single judge. Per C.R.S. 13-6-310(4) further appeal ...
Colorado: Supreme Court Tassian v. People, 731 P.2d 672 (Colo. 20 January 1987) "The chief judge's directive at issue here clearly discriminates against pro se litigants solely on the basis of their pro se status and, in that respect, lacks any rational basis in fact and thus violates equal protection of the laws" [8] Colorado
He was a law clerk for Judge Zita Leeson Weinshienk of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado from 1985 to 1987. He was in private practice in Colorado from 1987 to 1994, and then served as a deputy district attorney in the Denver District Attorney 's Office from 1994 to 2001, briefly serving as its chief deputy district ...
Colorado Court of Appeals [2] Colorado District Courts (22 judicial districts) [3] Colorado County Courts [4] Federal courts located in Colorado. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (headquartered in Denver, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming ...
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado; In office January 1, 2013 – March 3, 2019: Preceded by: Wiley Young Daniel: Succeeded by: Philip A. Brimmer: Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado; In office January 30, 2002 – March 3, 2019: Appointed by: George W. Bush: Preceded ...