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The Mesa County Board of Commissioners named four new finalists for its county attorney position Monday, including former 21st Judicial District Attorney Pete Hautzinger, who now works as a federal prosecutor in Grand Junction.
The other three are Deputy Mesa County Attorney Jeremy Savage, Assistant 7th Judicial District Attorney Robert Zentner, and Todd Starr, who has worked as a county attorney in three Western Slope counties.
The four finalists are the result of a third attempt by county commissioners to replace former County Attorney Patrick Coleman, whose contract was not renewed in January after six years on the job.
In the first round, commissioners named two finalists, offering the job to one who later turned them down. In the second round, commissioners named former Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese as their sole finalist, but she later withdrew her application before the job was offered.
“Llanes joined the Boulder City Attorney’s Office in 2002. She has served in various roles during her time with the city, including as a prosecutor and as an adviser to several city departments and boards,” according to a Boulder news release. “In her current role as deputy city attorney, she serves on the office management team, supervises the prosecution division, and continues to advise several departments and boards. She has also been the office lead on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Llanes graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1998.”
Carr has spent the past 11 years as Boulder’s city attorney and City Council is in the process of searching for his permanent replacement.
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As one of two U.S. intellectual property (IP) attachés assigned to South America, David Kellis is the Rio de Janeiro-based principal officer on matters related to the protection and enforcement of IP rights within U.S. embassies and consulates throughout Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. His duties include advocating for the U.S. IP interests abroad by promoting high standards of IP protection and enforcement in the region; assisting U.S. companies; advising U.S. government officials on IP matters; educating foreign government officials, students, entrepreneurs, and business representatives on IP matters; and conducting public awareness programs.
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The pair is a particularly strong duo to deliver such a message given that Neguse, himself a graduate of CU Law, is Colorado’s first Black congressman and Haaland, previously a U.S. Representative from New Mexico, is the first Native American woman to hold a cabinet post.
“It’s an incredible achievement for our country that will inspire a generation of young people and people of color to pursue their dreams,” Neguse said of Haaland’s appointment. Haaland, whose office was next to Neguse’s during his first term, noted that the same can be said for Neguse’s election.