Gregory Hobbs
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| Gregory Hobbs | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Colorado Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Justice |
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| Appointed by: | Gov. Roy Romer |
| Active: | 1996-2019 |
| Chief: | 2010-2021 |
| Past post: | Attorney, Private Practice |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | December 15, 1944 |
| Undergraduate: | University of Notre Dame, 1966 |
| Law School: | University of California at Berkeley, 1971 |
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Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. is an associate justice of the seven member Colorado Supreme Court. He was first appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection by Governor Roy Romer on April 18, 1996. Justice Hobbs was successfully retained in 2000 and in 2008. His current term will expire in January 2019.
Education
Justice Hobbs earned his undergraduate degree in History from the University of Notre Dame in 1966. In 1971, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley.[1]
Professional career
Justice Hobbs practiced law since 1986 in a variety of positions. Hobbs worked for multiple private firms, and was a partner at Davis, Graham & Stubbs and senior partner at Hobbs, Trout & Raley P.C. during his time in private practice. Hobbs has also served as the First Assistant Attorney, Natural Resources Section for the State of Colorado and as an Enforcement Attorney for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He also taught sixth grade in New York City and served in the Peace Corps.[1]
Awards and Associations
Associations
- Editor, California Law Review, Supreme Court Law
- Member, Order of the Coif
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Colorado Bar Association
- Member, Denver Bar Associations
- Member, American Bar Foundation
- Member, Colorado Bar Foundation
- Member, Colorado Authors League
- Vice-President, Colorado Foundation for Water Education
- Co-Convenor, Dividing the Waters
- Former Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, Environmental Law, Master's Program in Environmental Policy and Management
- Former Vice Chair, Colorado Air Quality Commission
- Former Member, Regional Air Quality Council
- Former Member, Metropolitan Transportation Development Commission
- Former Member, Governor's Water Roundtable
- Former Member, Governor's Transportation Roundtable
- Former Member, Wilderness Air Quality Related Values Task Force[1]
Elections
2008
| Colorado Supreme Court, Associate Justice 2008 General election results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
Gregory Hobbs 
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1,282,348 | 72.4% | ||
| Against retention | 489,429 | 27.6% | ||
- 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 Hobbs 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 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Clear opinions | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.45 |
| Adequate explanation of opinion | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.55 |
| Timely response | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.55 |
| Response without criticism | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Response based on law | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Not ruling on extra issues | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.65 |
| Respect towards all parties | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.85 |
| No ex parte communications | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| Overall | 3.64 | 3.7 | 3.67 |
Political Affiliations
Judge Gregory Hobbs is currently listed as "nonpartisan" because Colorado holds retention elections; no campaign reports have been filed for 2008.[4]
Notable rulings of Gregory Hobbs |
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On Criminal Justice
"We hold that the General Assembly did not violate article VII, section 10 of the Colorado Constitution by enacting a law that prevents a person who has been convicted of a felony and is serving a sentence of parole from voting or registering to vote. A person who is serving a sentence of parole has not served his or her full term of imprisonment within the meaning of this constitutional provision." On Elections Law
On Illegal Immigration
On Regulation
On Property Rights
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See also
External links
- Colorado Supreme Court
- Bio from Colorado Supreme Court site
- Bio from Colorado Bar Association
- The Learned Lawyer, "Interview: Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs on Water Law", September 4, 2009
- Denver Business Journal, "Judges back more pro bono work from attorneys", April 6, 2007
- Hobbs' speech at UC Berkeley, Role of climate change on water institutions, October 10, 2006
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colorado State Judicial Branch website, Judge Hobbs Bio
- ↑ Email correspondence with Jane B. Howell, Executive Director of the CCJPE, Aug 27, 2010
- ↑ Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, Review of Justice Hobbs
- ↑ Follow The Money
