Judd R. Choate jchoate@kghllaw.com Judd Choate joined KGHL in 2008. His practice emphasizes dispute resolution in both state and federal court, as well as various administrative agencies. He specializes in election law, family law, appellate practice, and commercial litigation. Judd's family law practice involves all aspects of domestic relations law.

Judd obtained his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in 2006. While in law school, Judd served as Editor-in-Chief of the Colorado Law Review. He was a summer clerk for Judge Timothy Tymkovich of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as Judges Jolene Blair and Terrence Gilmore of the 8th District Court. In addition to a J.D., Judd has an MA and Ph.D. in political science, with a minor focus in statistical methods, from Purdue University. Upon graduating from law school, Judd completed a two-year appointment as law clerk for Justice Alex J. Martinez of the Colorado Supreme Court. Prior to law school, Judd was a Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska, where he taught courses on campaigns and elections, Congress, and the presidency. He was also a fellow at the Nebraska Public Policy Center. Judd also has extensive statistical training, having taught quantitative statistical methods. While a professor at the University of Nebraska, Judd was appointed by the Nebraska Supreme Court to lead the Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force. As State Director of the 18-month effort, Judd researched and wrote the Task Force's final report, outlining various legal barriers to racial and ethnic minorities in the state of Nebraska. In addition to several articles, published in varied political science journals, and the book-length report on race and ethnicity in the Nebraska legal system, Judd recently published Torn and Frayed: Congressional Norms and Party Switching in a Era of Reform, a book researching the norms of committee behavior in the United States House of Representatives. Judd has worked on the staff of several political candidates, including those seeking both statewide and national office. Finally, Judd was a scout for the Kansas City Royals, from 1993-96. Judd is a movie connoisseur, political junkie, and a lifelong KU Basketball fan. On most Sundays in the summer, you will find Judd, Lyn, and Mahlon at the Colorado Rockies game.

• Kelly Garnsey Hubbell + Lass LLC (Denver, Colorado): Associate, 2008-present
• Justice Alex J. Martinez, Colorado Supreme Court: Law Clerk, 2006-2008
• Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force, Nebraska Supreme Court: Director, 2001-2003
• Nebraska Public Policy Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Fellow, 2000-2003
• Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Professor, 1999-2001
• Department of Political Science, Baker University: Professor, 1997-1999
• Kansas City Royals Baseball Club: Regional Scout, 1993-1996

J.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 2006

Editor-in-Chief, Colorado Law Review, 2005-06; Honor Code Prosecutor, 2005-06; Chair of the Art Committee for New Building, 2005-06; Justice Luis Rovira Scholarship for Outstanding Constitutional Law Scholar at CU, 2005-06; Criminal Practice Legal Aid, 2005-06; Mock Trial, 2003-04.

Ph. D., Purdue University, 1997

Political Science (American Political Institutions), with minors in Quantitative Methodology, Political Behavior, and Political History. Most Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant, 1996; Most Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1997.

M.A., Purdue University, 1994

Political Science (American Political Institutions), with minors in Quantitative Methodology and Comparative Politics. Graduate Research Assistant for C-SPAN Research Archives.

B.A., Fort Hays State University, 1992, magna cum laude

What's your favorite thing about living in Denver?
I enjoy being close to great restaurants, indie movies, and (of course) Coors Field.

What is your most prized possession?
I have a picture of my grandfather as a captain in World War II. He was a bomber pilot. The picture shows him standing in front of his bomber with the members of his crew. My grandfather was killed when his transport flight that would have taken him home after the war crashed in eastern France. That picture means a lot to me.

If you were something other than an attorney, what would you be?
I have been lucky enough to have been a baseball scout, political science professor, and now an attorney. If I weren't an attorney, I would likely go back to being a professor.

Name the last great book you read.
The single most illuminating book I have ever read was Vietnam by Stanley Karnow. You wonder whether this country would get into the foreign policy messes we do if people as knowledgeable as Karnow were consulted.

What is your favorite movie about lawyers, and why?
Every lawyer's favorite movie about lawyers is To Kill a Mockingbird, because we all seek to live up to Harper Lee's example.