Laqunya Baker at a glance
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Laqunya Baker
Biography
Professional career
- On July 28, 2023, Judge Baker was sworn in as the first Black woman to the Arapahoe County District Court bench following her appointment by Governor Polis
- After briefly serving as a part-time Magistrate for the Denver County Court bench and a Visiting Assisting Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Denver, Governor Jared Polis appointed Judge Baker to the Arapahoe County Court bench on July 1, 2022.
Education
- Bachelor of Art degree in Communications with a concentration in Media Studies and Minor in African American Studies from The College of Charleston.
Additional information
- During that time LaQunya interned with the United States House of Representative Jim Clyburn before attending law school at the Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- After interning with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office in Charlotte, LaQunya decided to serve as a Deputy State Public Defender for the State of Colorado in Golden.
- Following her time as a public defender, LaQunya practiced as a general civil litigation association in state and federal courts throughout the United States before returning to criminal defense with the Office of Alternate Defense Council throughout the Denver metro area.
- Judge LaQunya Baker was raised in Columbia, South Carolina in a military family.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Expanded Media Coverage
Statewide
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Expanded Media Notice
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Colorado expanded media coverage applications generally must be submitted at least twenty-four hours before the court proceeding, though judges may consider shorter-notice requests in some circumstances.
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