Colorado Court of Appeals
Honorable Gilbert M. Román
Retention Year: 2024
Recommendation: Meets Performance Standards
Reports:
2024 Retention Survey Report (PDF)
2023 Interim Survey Report (PDF)
2021 Interim Survey Report (PDF)
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The State Commission on Judicial Performance finds that Chief Judge Gilbert M. Román MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, by a vote of 10-0 with one recusal. Colorado’s statutory judicial performance standards are integrity, legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament, and service to the legal profession and the public.
Chief Judge Román has been on the Colorado Court of Appeals since August of 2005 and this is his third time standing for retention as a Court of Appeals Judge. The Commission finds that his opinions are thoughtful and he has an excellent judicial demeanor. He is an engaged leader who successfully manages an extraordinarily busy docket on an individual and collective basis. The Commission commends Chief Judge Román especially for his leadership and management training and his extraordinary service driving public trust and confidence in the state’s judicial system. In sum, the Commission finds Chief Judge Román is a valuable and effective leader of the Court of Appeals.
To conduct its evaluation, the Commission interviewed Chief Judge Román, reviewed his self-evaluation, observed oral arguments, read a selection of his legal opinions, and considered survey responses from attorneys and judges. Survey respondents agreed Chief Judge Román meets judicial performance standards: 77% of attorneys and 100% of judges who responded to that question answered “yes.” He received an overall score of 3.7 on a 4.0 scale. Chief Judge Román received positive comments from lawyers and judges for being fair, impartial and neutral and with regard to his exceptional writing skills. A total of 13 attorneys and 34 judges responded to the survey.
Chief Judge Román was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals on August 1, 2005. He is a 1984 graduate of Colorado State University and received his law degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1987. Prior to his appointment, Chief Judge Román was in private practice focusing on complex civil litigation. He has received a number of awards, including the Richard Marden Davis Award from the Denver Bar Foundation and the Outstanding Lawyer Award from the Hispanic National Bar Association. Chief Judge Román has served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and as an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He formerly served on the Board of Governors for the Colorado Bar Association and as a board member of both the Colorado Hispanic and the Hispanic National Bar Associations. Chief Judge Román is very active in the community, representing the judicial branch in many educational and professional forums.