Posted: Feb 7, 2012 12:41 PM by Paul Kavanaugh
Updated: Feb 7, 2012 1:07 PM
Governor John Hickenlooper has appointed David Lobato to serve as a county court judge in the 10th Judicial District in Pueblo County. Lobato will fill a vacancy created by the retirement of the Honorable Ernest Ruybalid.
Lobato currently serves as the Deputy State Public Defender in the Pueblo Regional Office, where he works exclusively in the area of criminal defense handling misdemeanor, traffic and felony cases.
Before attending law school, Lobato was an associate pastor at Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Pueblo. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest after completing course studies in Rome.