Gov. Ritter appoints three new judges

Gov. Bill Ritter Tuesday announced the appointments of Alan Bruce Jones and John Eric Elliff, both of Denver, to the District Court bench in the 2nd Judicial District and Karolyn Val Quevli of Boulder to the Boulder County Court bench.

Jones has been a partner at Holland & Hart since 1988. Before that he served as a law clerk to Judge Will Garwood of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Elliff is currently an equity partner at Husch Blackwell. Before that he worked at Morrison Foerster as an associate and as the firm’s managing partner of its Denver office.

Quevli is currently a deputy district attorney in the 1st Judicial District, which serves Gilpin and Jefferson counties. She also has worked as a prosecutor in the 20th Judicial District, which serves Boulder, and the 9th Judicial District, which served Garfield, Pitkin and Rio Blanco counties.