Melissa Hart (judge)

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Melissa Hart
Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
Assumed office
December 14, 2017
Appointed byJohn Hickenlooper
Preceded byAllison H. Eid
Personal details
Born1969/1970 (age 51–52)
Spouse(s)
Kevin Thomas Traskos
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(m. 2001)​
EducationHarvard University (AB)
Harvard Law School (JD)

Melissa Hart (Born 1969/1970) is a justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.

Biography[]

Hart was born to Phyllis Cox, a lawyer specializing in human rights, and Robert C. Hart, a business executive in the energy industry.[1] In 1991, Hart received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson,[2] and her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1995, where she received the Sears Prize, was an Articles Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and was a member of the winning team in the 1994 Ames Moot Court Competition.[3][4] After law school, she clerked for Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and then for Associate Justice John Paul Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1996 to 1997.

Following her clerkships, she worked as a litigation attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.. In 2001, she became an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School, and was later named the Schaden Chair and Professor of Law and director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law.[5] She is an expert on employment discrimination law.[6][7]

On December 14, 2017, Gov. John Hickenlooper named Hart as an Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, replacing Allison H. Eid. After serving for the remainder of Eid's term, Hart stood for election to a full ten-year term in 2020, which she won.[8]

Personal life[]

On June 2, 2001, Hart married Kevin Thomas Traskos, who is also an attorney.[1]

See also[]

  • List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Weddings: Melissa Hart, Kevin Traskos". New York Times. June 3, 2001. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Melissa R. Hart | Writer Profile | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com.
  3. ^ Paul, Jesse (December 14, 2017). "Hickenlooper picks CU professor for vacant Colorado Supreme Court seat, solidifying his legacy for the panel". Denver Post. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Viser, Matt (November 10, 2013). "Harvard Law outsider became Tea Party hero". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Brady, Oliver (June 10, 2015). "Melissa Hart, CU law professor, nominated for Colorado Supreme Court". Daily Camera. University of Colorado. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Draper, Electa (November 20, 2014). "Colorado hospital giant Centura Health to stop hiring tobacco users". Denver Post. Retrieved December 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Gay wedding cake at center of Colorado court case". CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. Associated Press. July 7, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  8. ^ Goodland, Marianne (December 14, 2017). "CU Law's Melissa Hart newest member of Colorado Supreme Court". ColoradoPolitics.com. Retrieved December 15, 2017.

Selected publications[]

  • Hart (with Maria Ontiveros, Roberto Corrada, and Michael Selmi), Employment Discrimination Law: Cases and Material on Equality in the Workplace (Thomson/West, 10th ed. 2016). ISBN 1634597478.

External links[]

Legal offices
Preceded by Associate Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
2017–present 		Incumbent


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