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Sandra I. Rothenberg

Court of Appeals

Meets Standards(Retain)2 cycles on record

Evaluation history

  • 2000 retention cycle
    Court of Appeals
    Meets Standards(Retain)
    VotersRetained· 74.0% yes
    966,035 yes · 340,266 no50% needed to retain
    Retention Year: 2000 Recommendation: Retain The State Commission on Judicial Performance recommends that Judge Sandra I. Rothenberg BE RETAINED. Judge Rothenberg was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in 1990. Prior to this appointment, she served as a trial judge in the Denver District Court, 1979-1990, was a professor at Georgetown University School of Law, 1973-1975, and was in private practice of law, 1971-1973 and 1975-1979. She has also taught in law school programs at the University of Colorado and Denver University. She graduated from the University of Miami School of Law, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami, and received masters of law degrees from the Georgetown University School of Law and the University of Virginia, which was a judges only program. Judge Rothenberg is an active member of the community and the bar association. She was president of the Colorado Women's Bar and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Denver Bar Association. She is also president of the Thompson G. Marsh Inn of Court, which promotes the goals of legal excellence, civility, professionalism, and ethics on a national and international level. She has participated regularly in speaking to non-legal groups, schools, and other community members on subjects of interest to them and to the Bar and teaches yearly at the educational program for Colorado judges. The State Commission believes that Judge Rothenberg is a diligent, bright, professional and articulate member of the Court of Appeals. Comments of those surveyed indicated that her opinions are thoughtful, concise, and well reasoned. Judge Rothenberg received the highest retention rating among the Court of Appeals judges rated. Eighty-four percent (84%) of attorneys and court personnel voted to retain Judge Rothenberg, 8% voted not to retain, and 8% had no opinion. Ninety percent (90%) of trial court judges voted to retain Judge Rothenberg, 2% voted not to retain, and 8% had no opinion.
  • 1992 retention cycle
    Court of Appeals
    Meets Standards(Retain)
    VotersRetained· 70.9% yes
    809,178 yes · 332,316 no50% needed to retain
    Retention Year: 1992 Recommendation: Retain Judge Rothenberg received her undergraduate degree in 1965 with a major in English, and received her Initial (J.D) law degree from the University of Miami Law School in 1968. From 1968 through 1971, she attended Georgetown Law Center as the recipient of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship in Criminal Law and received a master’s degree from Georgetown in law (L.L.M.). She was admitted to the Florida and Colorado Bar in 1971. She engaged in private law practice in Colorado form 1971 through 1973 and then returned to a Georgetown Law Center as a visiting professor from 1973 to 1975. In 1976, she returned to Colorado and again engaged in private law practice until 1979. From 1971 to 1973 she served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Colorado and the University of Denver. She served as a judge of the Denver District Court from 1979 through 1990. The number of court opinions authored by Judge Rothenberg during the two years she has served on the Court of Appeals reflect that she is conscientious and devoted to her work. She was generally praised as an excellent judge by the survey of attorneys who have practiced before her in the Court of Appeals. The State Commission on Judicial Performance recommends that Judge Sandra I. Rothenberg BE RETAINED.

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