James C. Klein
Western Slope Mediation
Honorable Judge James Klein is a fourth generation Colorado native. He attended the University of Colorado in Boulder where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979, and where he completed two years of work towards a Master's degree in Public Policy Analysis before being accepted to law school at the University of Denver College of Law in 1984. Judge Klein was awarded his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Denver in 1987, and was admitted to the practice of law in Colorado in 1988. From 1988-1991, Judge Klein was in private practice in Denver. In July 1991, Judge Klein joined the Colorado Attorney General's office as an Assistant Attorney General where his practice focused primarily on workers' compensation and unemployment insurance related matters. In 1994, Judge Klein was hired by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Workers' Compensation to serve as a Prehearing Administrative Law Judge in its' Dispute Resolution Unit. In September 2002, Judge Klein was hired by the Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration to serve as an Administrative Law Judge in its' Workers' Compensation Unit. In August 2005, Judge Klein was appointed as a District Court Judge in the 20th Judicial District, Boulder County.
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