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DENVER—State District Judge M.J. Menendez, once mentioned as a possible federal judge, is resigning next month to rejoin the U.S. attorney’s office as a prosecutor.
Menendez is a judge in the 1st Judicial District, which covers Jefferson and Gilpin counties.
Colorado Judicial Branch spokesman Rob McCallum said Friday that Menendez, a former federal prosecutor, had been a state judge since September 2006 but decided to return to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Then-Sen. Wayne Allard listed Menendez as a potential nominee for U.S. District Court in Colorado in 2008, but she was never chosen by the White House.
Her resignation is effective July 17. A commission will nominate replacements to Gov. Bill Ritter.
