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Lewis Thornton Babcock
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Senior status since April 4, 2008.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- June 23, 1988
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- August 9, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 5, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 14, 1988
- Commissioned
- October 17, 1988
- Senior status
- Since April 4, 2008
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1943, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Colorado National Guard, 1968-1974
- Private practice, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1968-1976
- City attorney, Las Animas, Colorado, 1969-1974
- City attorney, Rocky Ford, Colorado, 1970-1976
- Assistant district attorney, Sixteenth Judicial District, Colorado, 1973-1976
- Judge, Colorado District Court, Sixteenth Judicial District, 1976-1983; chief judge, 1978-1983
- Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1983-1988
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