Nancy E. Rice

CAREER

Appointed to the Colorado Supreme Court on August 5, 1998. Denver District Court Judge, 1987 to 1998. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Colorado, 1977 to 1987. Deputy Chief of Civil Division of U.S. Attorney's Office from 1985 to 1987. Deputy State Public Defender, Appellate Division, From 1976 to 1977. Law clerk for Judge Fred Winner, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 1975 to 1976. Adjunct Professor of Law, trial advocacy, University of Colorado School of Law, 1987 to present.

PROFESSIONAL

Member, Denver, Colorado, and Women's Bar Associations. Elected member of CBA Board of Governors, 1990-1992. Appointed member of CBA Executive Council, 1991-1992. Master, Rhone-Brackett Inn of Court, 1993 to 1997. Co-chair, Women Judges Association, National Conference, Denver, 1990. Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Revision of the Colorado Civil Rules, 1994. Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee, 1998.

PUBLICATIONS

"Awarding Costs in Civil Cases" Colorado Lawyer, 1996. "Volley, Set, and Match: The Art of Not Losing at Trial" ABA Litigation Magazine, Spring, 1996. Colorado Practice: Civil Rules Annotated, "Rule 16, C.R.C.P." "Dealing with Difficult Witnesses," The Docket, July, 1996. "Be Thou Concise and Candid: Effective Legal Writing" The Docket, January, 1994. "Jury Selection" The Docket, January, 1995. "How to Choose and Qualify Expert Witnesses" The Docket, January, 1995. "The Business Record Exception to the Hearsay Rule" and "Impeaching and Refreshing Witnesses" The Docket, 1992. "How to Object Without Being Objectionable" The Docket, 1991.

HONORS

Phi Alpha Delta award for Judicial Merit, 1998; Colorado Bar Association Award for best litigation article, 1996-1997; Denver Bar Association Judicial Excellence Award, 1993.

PERSONAL

Born June 2, 1950 in Boulder, Colorado. Grew up in Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Justice

Supreme Court of Colorado

1998 - Current

became Chief Justice in 2014

Adjunct Professor of Law

University of Colorado School of Law

1987 - Current

trial advocacy

Judge

Denver District Court

1987 - 1998

Deputy Chief of Civil Division

U.S. Attorney's Office

1985 - 1987

Assistant U.S. Attorney

District of Colorado

1977 - 1987

Deputy State Public Defender

Appellate Division, Colorado

1976 - 1977

Law clerk

U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

1975 - 1976

for Judge Fred Winner

University of Utah

J.D. (1975) | Law

1975

Activities: Editor-in Chief, University of Utah Journal of Contemporary Law

Tufts University

B.A. (1972)

1972

Honors: cum laude

Award for best litigation article

Colorado Bar Association

1997

Judicial Excellence Award

Denver Bar Association

1993

Denver, Colorado, and Women's Bar Associations

Member

Current

Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee

Member

1998

Rhone-Brackett Inn of Court

Master

1993 - 1997

Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Revision of the Colorado Civil Rules

Member

1994

CBA Executive Council

Appointed member

1991 - 1992

CBA Board of Governors

Elected member

1990 - 1992

Women Judges Association, National Conference, Denver

Co-chair

1990

"Awarding Costs in Civil Cases"

Colorado Lawyer

1996

"Volley, Set, and Match: The Art of Not Losing at Trial"

ABA Litigation Magazine

1996

Colorado Practice: Civil Rules Annotated, "Rule 16, C.R.C.P." "Dealing with Difficult Witnesses,"

The Docket

July, 1996

"How to Choose and Qualify Expert Witnesses"

The Docket

January, 1995

"Jury Selection"

The Docket

January, 1995

"Be Thou Concise and Candid: Effective Legal Writing"

The Docket

January, 1994

"The Business Record Exception to the Hearsay Rule" and "Impeaching and Refreshing Witnesses"

The Docket

1992

"How to Object Without Being Objectionable"

The Docket

1991