Allison Eid

	Allison Eid
	Current Court Information:
	Colorado Supreme Court
Title:	Justice
	Service:
Appointed by:	Bill Owens
Active:	2006-2019
Preceded by:	Rebecca Kourlis
Past post:	Solicitor General, Colorado
Past term:	2005-2006
	Personal History
Bachelors:	Stanford University, 1987
Law School:	University of Chicago Law School, 1991

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Allison H. Eid is an associate justice on the seven member Colorado Supreme Court. She was first appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection on March 13, 2006 by Governor Bill Owens to replace retiring Judge Rebecca Kourlis. She was successfully retained in November of 2008. Her current term expires in January of 2019.^[1]

Education

Eid earned her undergraduate degree with distinction in American Studies from Stanford University in 1987. She then earned her Juris Doctor with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1991. ^[1]

Professional career

Following her admission to the bar Eid worked as a Special Assistant and Speechwriter to U.S. Secretary of Education William J. Bennett. She then entered private practice with the firm Arnold & Porter. She accepted a position as an Associate Professor, for the Colorado School of Law. Prior to her appointment to the Colorado Supreme Court in 2006 she served as the Solicitor General for Colorado.^[1]

Awards and Associations

Associations

Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Articles Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
Member, Order of the Coif
Member, Permanent Committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise
Member, American Law Institute
Temple Bar Scholar, American Inns of Courts

Elections

2008

Colorado Supreme Court, Associate Justice 2008 General election results
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Allison Eid	1,338,571	74.6%
Against retention	456,337	25.4%

Click here (scroll to page 120) for 2008 General Election Results from the Colorado Secretary of State.

Performance Evaluations

The Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation voted unanimously to recommend Eid for retention. The COJPE reviews the answers of attorneys and District Judges and asked a variety of questions to determine the Judge's performance. The score is rated on a 4 point scale similar to school grades. Since 1990, which was the first election year after the statutory creation of judicial performance commissions and the use of performance evaluations, all Colorado Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges standing for retention have received do retain recommendations. ^[2] Until 2010 no additional information on judicial performance has been made available to the public.

Question classification	Attorney score	District Judge score	Combined average
Impartiality	3.6	3.7	3.65
Clear opinions	3.6	3.7	3.65
Adequate explanation of opinion	3.7	3.6	3.65
Timely response	3.3	3.6	3.45
Response without criticism	3.7	3.8	3.75
Response based on law	3.5	3.6	3.55
Not ruling on extra issues	3.7	3.6	3.65
Respect towards all parties	3.9	3.9	3.9
No ex parte communications	3.9	3.9	3.9
Overall	3.56	3.71	3.64