4th Judicial District
El Paso County Judge

Honorable James S. Patterson

Judge Patterson was appointed to the El Paso County Court in 1991. Prior to that appointment, he had been a Deputy District Attorney from 1974 to 1981 and then had been in private practice from 1981 to 1991. From 1986 to 1991, he was also a part-time Colorado Springs Municipal Judge.

Judge Patterson graduated from the University of Colorado (Boulder) in 1971 and from the University of Arkansas Law School in 1974. The Judge presides over a docket of traffic, misdemeanor, and civil cases, including many domestic restraining order situations.

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