Gov. John Hickenlooper announced his appointment of Keri Yoder to fill a vacancy on the bench in the 7th Judicial District (Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel counties) on Friday. The vacancy was created by the resignation of the Honorable Jeff B. Herron, effective March 1.
Yoder is an assistant district attorney in the in the 7th Judicial District where she has been prosecuting cases since 2002, the news release says. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, she was a private practitioner at Overholser & Slee, LLC in Montrose and at Dufford, Waldeck, Milburn & Krohn, LLP in Grand Junction. While in private practice, Yoder practiced civil and employment law.
Yoder earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her Juris Doctor from CU Boulder.
