Gov. Polis appoints judges in the 4th and 8th Judicial Districts

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis today announced the appointment of Jessica L. Curtis as a District Court Judge in the 4th Judicial District to fill a position created by Senate Bill 19-043. He also announced the appointment of Chelsea W. Rengel as a Jackson County Court Judge in the 8th Judicial District to fill a vacancy occasioned by the retirement of the Honorable Cindy L. Wilson. 

Jessica L. Curtis currently serves as a county court judge for El Paso County, a position she has held since 2017. Her docket consists primarily of criminal cases, including misdemeanors and traffic offenses, as well as DUI Court and county civil cases. Previously, she was a magistrate for the Fourth Judicial District (2011-2017); a partner at Hoffecker & Curtis, L.L.P. (2010-2011); an attorney in the Office of the Guardian Ad Litem (2005-2010); and a deputy state public defender in Colorado Springs (2003-2005). Curtis earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 2000, and her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2003.   

Chelsea W. Rengel is an associate attorney with Miller and Associates Law Offices. Her practice consists solely of Social Security disability cases. Previously, she was a deputy public defender for the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender in Jefferson County (2014-2017); and judicial law clerk for the Honorable Randy J.Stoker in the Fifth Judicial District of Idaho (2011-2013). Rengel earned her B.A. from Marquette University in 2008, and her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2011. 

Both appointments are effective immediately. 

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