Morris B. Hoffman
Morris B. Hoffman was a judge of the Colorado 2nd Judicial District. He was appointed to the court in December 1990. Hoffman retired from the court on May 1, 2021.[1][2]
Education
Hoffman has earned a mathematics degree and a law degree from the University of Colorado.[1]
Career
Hoffman has worked as a private practice lawyer in Denver, Colorado. He specialized in commercial litigation, real estate, and bankruptcy law. He has been published in multiple law journals and has been the judge-in-residence at the Gruter Institute for Law and Behavioral Research.[1][3]
Publications
Hoffman collaborated in 2007 with two economists from Emory University, Paul Rubin and Joanna Shepherd, on an econometric study of the effectiveness of public defenders versus attorneys who represent criminal defendants on a fee basis. The paper was published in the Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law and also resulted in an opinion column in the New York Times called, Free-Market Justice.
In their research for the paper, they studied all 5,224 felony criminal cases filed in Denver in 2002, assessing the amount of jail or prison time received by defendants represented by public defenders versus defendants represented by private attorneys.
The study concluded that the average sentence for clients of public defenders was about three years longer than the average for clients of private lawyers.[3]
Elections
2018
Colorado 2nd Judicial District, Morris B. Hoffman's seat
Morris B. Hoffman was retained to the Colorado 2nd Judicial District on November 6, 2018 with 77.7% of the vote.
Retention Vote |
% |
Votes |
|||
| ✔ | Yes |
77.7
|
179,933 | ||
No |
22.3
|
51,777 | |||
Total Votes |
231,710 | ||||
|
|
2012
Hoffman was retained in the general election on November 6, winning 75.77% of the vote.[4]
- See also: Colorado judicial elections, 2012
Judicial performance evaluation
The Second Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance announced its recommendations for judges up for retention in 2012. According to its website, the commission evaluates judges based on the following criteria: integrity, legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament, and administrative performance.[5]
Judge Hoffman was recommended for retention by an unanimous vote. [6]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Official biography of Judge Morris B. Hoffman
- ↑ Colorado Politics, "Denver judge to retire after 30 years," January 27, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New York Times, "Free-Market Justice," January 8, 2007
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, 2012 Official General Election Results
- ↑ Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, Press Release: Judge Evaluations Available on Internet August 7 (dead link)
- ↑ Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation, Morris B. Hoffman
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