Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census,the population was 582,910,making it the fourth-most populous county in Colorado. The county seat is Golden,and the most populous city is Lakewood.
The United States District Court for the District of Colorado is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit.
Alfred Theodore Goodwin was an American jurist who was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and also a district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Goodwin wrote the majority opinion for the Ninth Circuit in the famous pledge of allegiance case that was decided by the United States Supreme Court as Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow. Goodwin found that the recitation of the Pledge with the words "under God" violated the Establishment Clause,but the Supreme Court reversed his ruling. Goodwin famously wrote,"A profession that we are a nation 'under God' is identical,for Establishment Clause purposes,to a profession that we are a nation 'under Jesus,' a nation 'under Vishnu,' a nation 'under Zeus,' or a nation 'under no god,' because none of these professions can be neutral with respect to religion."
Donna Suzanne Shell is an American activist critical of child protective services.
Vincent Lyons Broderick was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Christine Marie Arguello is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and is a former Colorado state official. Previously,she was a nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
Alfred Albert Arraj was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Philip Andrew Brimmer is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. He is the son of Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.,a former federal judge in Wyoming.
James R. Carrigan was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and previously was a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
David Milton Ebel is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
John Lawrence Kane Jr. is an American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Marcia Smith Krieger is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado,having served in that office from November 24,1989,until his resignation on October 21,2008,after a year of scandal.
John Carbone Porfilio is an inactive Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
John Foster Symes was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
William Joseph Martínez is a Mexican-American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Phillip Sam Figa was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Carlos Armando Samour Jr. is an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court and former chief judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District Court in Colorado. He is known for serving as the judge for the trial of James Eagan Holmes,the convicted perpetrator of the 2012 Aurora,Colorado shooting.
James Gowda,also known as Jim Gowda,a firearms dealer for more than 20 years was indicted by a federal grand jury in November 1999 on charges of selling up to 10,000 handguns to people who did not live in Colorado,selling a semi-automatic weapon to a felon,and dealing guns without a license. He was indicted with Waldemar Drwall,who was an associate of Gowda. It was described as the "largest gun-trafficking case" that the agency knew of by Chris Eastburn,a Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms Denver office inspector. It is estimated that criminals used hundreds of guns purchased from Gowda in the commission of their crimes,according to the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Richard L. Gabriel was an American lawyer and judge,who was an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He previously served on the Colorado Court of Appeals from 2008 to 2015.
