Brian Boatright (born June 16, 1962) is an American lawyer and judge, who is an agency judge of the Colorado Supreme Court. He previously served as a judge in the Colorado District Court from 1999 to 2011.
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Education and career start
Boatright was born in Golden, Colorado, and graduated from Jefferson High School in Edgewater, Colorado, in 1980. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1984 at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and completed his law degree in 1988 at Sturm College Law at the University of Denver.
After a brief period in private practice, Boatright served from 1990 to 1999 as deputy district attorney in the first district of Colorado. The district includes two districts, Gilpin and Jefferson, located west of Denver and part of the Denver metropolitan area.
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Court services
In 1999, Colorado Republican Governor Bill Owens appointed Boatright as a state judge in the District Court of Colorado for District 1. He was elected for a new term in court in 2002 retention elections with 52% of the vote, and again in 2008 with 96% of the vote. Boatright oversees over 100 jury trials, and is well known for his experiences in children's courts and family law.
In 2011, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Alex J. Martinez announced that he would resign, effective from October 31, 2011. The Colorado Judicial Procurement Commission selected Boatright as one of three candidates that might replace Martinez. The other two candidates are lawyers Frederick Martinez and Colorado University lawyer Patrick O'Rourke. Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper announced Boatright, a registered Republican, as his choice to replace Martinez on October 27, 2011.
Boatright was sworn in as a member of the Colorado Supreme Court on November 21, 2011. He was re-elected for a new ten-year term in retention elections in November 2014, where he received 57% of the vote. Boatright's current term in court ends on January 14, 2025.
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