Monica Márquez became Colorado’s chief justice on July 26.
She assumes the center seat for the Centennial State’s highest court for a three-year term, succeeding Brian Boatright.
Márquez, 55, becomes the third female chief justice in Colorado history, after Mary Mullarkey and Nancy Rice. She is also the first Latina chief justice of the state supreme court.
“I am deeply grateful to Chief Justice Boatright for his leadership,” said Márquez in a press release. “Our highest mission remains serving the people of Colorado and upholding the integrity of the judicial system. I am also committed to strengthening our relationships with government and community partners and making the Judicial Branch an exceptional workplace.”
A justice of the Colorado Supreme Court since December 2010, Márquez is a former deputy state attorney general and began her career in practice at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP. She was also a law clerk for Judge David M. Ebel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and Judge Michael Ponsor of the federal district court in Massachusetts.
Boatright remains a justice of the state’s highest court. Under his tenure the supreme court coped with a scandal involving sexual harassment committed by several lower court judges.
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