List of potential district court judges down to three

David Young, (Bio) dyoung@greeleytribune.com
May 7, 2008

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The list of potential district court judges for Weld County is down to three.

The 19th Judicial District Nominating Commission has nominated Thomas Quammen of Greeley, Elizabeth Strobel of Greeley and Dinsmore Tuttle of Windsor for a district court judgeship, according to a press release by the Colorado Court Administrator's Office.

The nominating commission met Monday in Greeley to interview and select the three nominees. Gov. Bill Ritter has until May 21 to appoint one of the nominees, according to the release.

Comments pertaining to the nominees may be sent via e-mail to the governor at judicial.appointments@state.co.usThe nominees:

« Thomas Quammen is the chief trial deputy for the 17th Judicial District, which includes Adams County and the city and county of Broomfield. Quammen spent 24 years with the Weld District Attorney's office, 16 of those years as the assistant district attorney. He has membership in several community organizations and boards, including the Colorado District Attorneys' Council, Colorado Supreme Court Rules Committee, and the board of directors for the Island Grove Regional Treatment Center. Quammen, 53, is a Greeley native and graduate of the University of Northern Colorado for his undergraduate degree and the University of Colorado in Boulder for his masters. He attended law school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 1997, Quammen received the prosecutor of the year award.

« Elizabeth Strobel, 55, is a magistrate in the 19th Judicial District. She started in Weld District Attorney's offices as deputy district attorney and chief trial deputy. Strobel held a private practice in Greeley for 15 years in Greeley. She became a magistrate in January 2005. She handles county courts, civil, criminal, paternity, child support and domestic relation cases. Strobel attended Montana State University for her undergraduate degree in history and the University of Colorado for a JD in 1977. She has taught at the business college in Fort Collins, and is the president of the Weld County Bar Association.

« Dinsmore Tuttle has been a magistrate in the 19th Judicial District since 1997. Tuttle presided over the delinquency docket for three years before moving to family court, hearing dependency and neglect and domestic relations cases. Tuttle graduated from the University of Denver Law School in 1982. She also worked as a public defender in Adams, Weld and Larimer Counties before going into private practice in 1990. She currently serves on the Standing Committee on Family Issues. Tuttle received the 2007 Colorado Judicial Institute Magistrate of the Year award.