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Thomas Clayborne Levi

Trial Court · Arapahoe · Arapahoe

Meets Standards(Retain)2 cycles on record

Evaluation history

  • 1996 retention cycle
    Trial Court · Arapahoe · Arapahoe
    Meets Standards(Retain)
    VotersRetained· 64.0% yes
    100,801 yes · 56,773 no50% needed to retain
    Retention Year: 1996 Recommendation: Retain The Commission unanimously recommends that Judge Thomas C. Levi BE RETAINED. Judge Thomas C. Levi has been on the bench for 18 years, appointed to the county court in 1978 and the district court in 1981. He is a graduate of East High School in Denver and received his law degree from the University of Colorado in 1967. He served in the U.S. Army Finance Corps in Korea and also served at Fort Carson. Judge Levi’s caseload consists of approximately 600 cases per year in the civil division. He is articulate, knowledgeable and experienced. He has received high marks for fairness and for his sense of justice. Areas in which Judge Levi has indicated he needs improvement are gaining more time for keeping up to date in case law and being more patient.
  • 1990 retention cycle
    Trial Court · Arapahoe · Arapahoe
    Meets Standards(Retain)
    VotersRetained· 62.3% yes
    63,197 yes · 38,217 no50% needed to retain
    Retention Year: 1990 Recommendation: Retain Judicial Performance Commission’s recommendation: Should Be Retained. Judge Levi was admitted to practice law in 1967. Before his appointment to the court, he was a prosecutor in the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office for six years and in private practice for three years. He was appointed to the county court in 1978 and to the district court in 1982. He is assigned to the criminal division of the 18th Judicial District, where he handles approximately 1,400 cases a year. Before that, he was in the domestic division for three years where he handled an overcrowded domestic docket. A majority of those responding to the survey favored retention. Many responses praised him for his legal competence, integrity and dedication to hard work. Several responses were critical of his judicial temperament, citing angry outbursts in court, a lack of patience and the appearance of “burn out.” They also cited a lack of punctuality.

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