The Judges and Magistrates
of the Denver Juvenile Court
The
Denver Juvenile Court was a single-judge court until 1964. That
year the Legislature increased it to two judges. A third judge was
added in 1973. The judges who have served the court since 1940 are:
|
Philip B. Gilliam |
1940 to 1973 |
|
H. Ted Rubin |
1965 to 1971 |
|
John Evans |
1971 to 1973 |
|
Morris E. Cole |
1974 to 1989 |
|
Orrelle R. Weeks |
1973 to present |
|
Jon L. Lawritson |
1973 to 1980 |
|
Dana U. Wakefield |
1980 to present |
|
David E. Ramirez |
1989 to 1998 |
|
Karen M. Ashby |
1998 to present |
The
Magistrates were originally called Referees, then Commissioners, and
now Magistrates. The Magistrates serve at the pleasure of the
Presiding Judge. Those who served in recent memory are:
John Babbs
Barbara Bosley
Palmer Boyette
Warwick Downing
Daniel Edwards
David Furman
Leo Gemma
E. Lee Hamby
Kathleen Janski
Gerald McAuliffe
Harry McLean
Bernard Messer
Valerie Morgan-Alston
Melvin Okamoto
Russell Richardson
Frederic B. Rodgers
King Trimbull
Jack Smith
William Ward
Orrelle Weeks
Zita Weinsheink