{"id":42062,"date":"2022-02-21T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/three-nominees-named-for-6th-judicial-district-judgeship-appointment\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:05:01","slug":"three-nominees-named-for-6th-judicial-district-judgeship-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/three-nominees-named-for-6th-judicial-district-judgeship-appointment\/","title":{"rendered":"Three nominees named for 6th Judicial District judgeship appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The exterior of the La Plata County Courthouse. (Durango Herald file)<\/span>du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The 6th Judicial District Nominating Commission has named three finalists for the district court judgeship created by the retirement of District Court Judge William Herringer.<\/p>\n

The nominees are William Furse of Dolores, Kim Shropshire of Durango and Anthony Edwards of Silverton.<\/p>\n

Furse is a former public defender who eventually became district attorney for the 22nd Judicial District, which includes the Cortez area. After becoming term-limited, he became the assistant district attorney in the 22nd Judicial District.<\/p>\n

Shropshire is a longtime Durango attorney who has worked for Colorado Legal Services for more than two decades. Colorado Legal Services is a nonprofit that helps low-income individuals with civil legal matters. She is experienced with civil and family law.<\/p>\n

Edwards serves as the San Juan County judge in Silverton, a position he has held since 2014. He also maintains a part-time civil law practice in Silverton and serves as the town of Silverton\u2019s municipal judge, according to a judicial performance evaluation<\/a> done in 2020.<\/p>\n

Gov. Jared Polis has until March 2 to appoint one of the three judge nominees to the 6th Judicial Court District, which includes Archuleta, La Plata and San Juan counties.<\/p>\n

The public can submit comments about the nominees to Polis at gov_judicialappointments@state.co.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The three finalists were chosen from 10 candidates who applied for the job. None of the three finalists returned a phone call seeking comment for this story.<\/p>\n

The Durango Herald<\/em> has requested the public portion of the nominees\u2019 applications, but those were not immediately available through the governor\u2019s office on Monday, which was a federal holiday.<\/p>\n

In addition to the finalists, the applicants included:<\/p>\n

Christian Champagne of Durango, who is the 6th Judicial District Attorney.Courtney Holm of Edwards.Arthur Jacobs of Durango.Sean Murray of Durango, who is a deputy district attorney-appellate.David Ottman of Durango, who is assistant district attorney.Barbara Stauch of Denver.Reid Stewart of Hesperus, who is a deputy district attorney.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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