Gordon Gallagher | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
Assumed office March 24, 2023 | |
Appointed by | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | William J. Martínez |
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office October 12,2012 –March 24,2023 | |
Succeeded by | Richard T. Gurley |
Personal details | |
Born | Gordon Paul Gallagher 1970 (age 53–54) Louisville,Kentucky,U.S. |
Education | Macalester College (BA) University of Denver (JD) |
Gordon Paul Gallagher (born 1970) [1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Gallagher earned a Bachelor of Arts from Macalester College in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver in 1996. [1] [2]
Gallagher spent most of his career in the Colorado Western Slope region. [3] From 1996 to 1997,Gallagher worked as an associate at Underhill and Underhill P.C., [4] [5] [2] representing small businesses. [3] From 1997 to 2000,he served as a deputy district attorney in the Mesa County District Attorney's Office. [4] [2] He operated his own solo practice from 2000 to 2023, [4] [2] focusing on criminal defense, [3] and worked as a federal magistrate judge of the District of Colorado from October 12,2012,to March 24,2023, [4] [2] sitting in Grand Junction,Colorado. [3] As a magistrate judge,he oversaw petty offense and misdemeanor cases on federal lands in the western part of the state. [3]
From 2002 until his appointment as a magistrate judge in 2012, [1] Gallagher was a contracted attorney with the Colorado's Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel,representing indigent defendants who could not be represented by the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender due to a conflict. [3] Gallagher has also represented the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. [2] He has been a member of the District Court's Pro Se Working Group and the Grand Valley Task Force's Criminal Justice Working Group. [2]
On August 2,2022,U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper recommended Gallagher,Sundeep Addy and Kato Crews for two vacancies on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. [6] On September 2,2022,President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Gallagher to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. [4] On September 6,2022,his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Gallagher to the seat vacated by Judge William J. Martínez,who subsequently assumed senior status on February 10,2023. [7] [8] He was the first Colorado Western Slope resident to be appointed to a federal Article III judgeship since 1989. [3] Gallagher was unanimously rated "well qualified" for the judgeship by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. [9]
On December 13,2022,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [10] On January 3,2023,his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. [11] He was renominated on January 23,2023. [12] On February 9,2023,his nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–7 vote. [13] On March 2,2023,the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 50–41 vote. [14] On March 22,2023,his nomination was confirmed by a 53–43 vote. [15] He received his judicial commission on March 24,2023. [16]
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