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Zita Weinshienk

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

Years in office: 1998 - 2011

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Years in office: 1979 - 1998

Education

Bachelor's

University of Arizona, 1955

Law

Harvard Law, 1958

Personal

Birthplace

St. Paul, MN

Zita Weinshienk was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado. She joined the court in 1979 after a nomination by PresidentJimmy Carter (D). Weinshienk assumedsenior status on April 3, 1998. She retired from the court on March 31, 2011.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofMinnesota, Weinshienk graduated from the University of Arizona with her bachelor's degree in 1955 and later graduated from Harvard Law School with herJ.D. degree in 1958.^[1]

Professional career

• 1972-1979: Judge,Colorado 2nd Judicial District
• 1965-1971: Judge,Denver County Court
• 1964-1965: Judge, Denver Municipal Court
• 1959-1964: Probation Counselor, Legal Advisor and Referee for theDenver Juvenile Court^[1]

Judicial career

District of Colorado

On the recommendation of Senator Gary Hart, Weinshienk was nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter onJune 1, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629 which was approved by Congress. Weinshienk was confirmed by the U.S. Senate onSeptember 25, 1979, and received commission the next day. Weinshienk tooksenior status onApril 3, 1998.^[1] Weinshienk was succeeded in this position by JudgeRobert Blackburn.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Colorado

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Judge Zita Weinshienk Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Colorado
Active judges	Chief Judge: Philip Brimmer  •  Gordon Gallagher  •  Nina Nin-Yuen Wang  •  Regina Rodriguez  •  Daniel Domenico  •  S. Kato Crews  •  Charlotte Sweeney
Senior judges	John Kane (Colorado)  •  Lewis Babcock  •  Marcia Krieger  •  Robert Blackburn  •  Christine Arguello  •  R. Brooke Jackson  •  William J. Martinez  •  Raymond P. Moore  •
Magistrate judges	Michael Hegarty (Colorado)  •  Craig Shaffer  •  Scott Varholak  •  Reid Neureiter  •  James Candelaria  •  Maritza Dominguez Braswell  •
Former Article III judges	Moses Hallett  •  William E. Doyle (Colorado)  •  Edward Nottingham  •  Walker Miller  •  Zita Weinshienk  •  Wiley Daniel  •  John Porfilio  •  Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge)  •  John Foster Symes  •  Olin Chilson  •  Alfred Arraj  •  Jean Breitenstein  •  James Carrigan  •  Phillip Figa  •  Sherman Finesilver  •  Daniel Sparr  •  Fred Winner  •  William Knous  •
Former Chief judges	Edward Nottingham  •  Richard Matsch  •  Lewis Babcock  •  Wiley Daniel  •  Alfred Arraj  •  Sherman Finesilver  •  Fred Winner  •  William Knous  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen