Colorado Governor Jared Polis appointed Jeremy L. Chaffin to fill a vacancy on the 21st Judicial District Court. The vacancy is created by the resignation of the Honorable Lance Timbreza and is effective immediately.

Chaffin is an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, a position he has held since 2017. His practice consists of criminal prosecution.

Previously, he was a Senior Trial Deputy District Attorney in the 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office (2014-2017); Senior Appellate Law Clerk at the Colorado Court of Appeals (2012-2014); and Special Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Section of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office (2011-2012). 

Chaffin earned his B.S. from the University of Idaho in 2005 and his J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School in 2011. 

Colorado 21^st Judicial District includes Mesa County.