Jeremy Chaffin

Jeremy Chaffin took office on the Twenty-First Judicial District Court in December 2022. He earned a psychology degree from the University of Idaho in 2005 and a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2011.

He worked as a special assistant attorney general in the consumer protection section of the Colorado Attorney General's Office, then clerked for Judge Nancy Lichtenstein at the Colorado Court of Appeals. In 2014 he moved to Grand Junction and prosecuted cases for the Twenty-First Judicial District until 2017. Before joining the bench he was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Colorado, prosecuting federal crimes throughout western Colorado.

The Twenty-First Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 7 to 0 that he meets performance standards, with one commissioner absent, one vacancy and one recusal. The commission reports that 100 percent of attorneys responding to its survey found he meets the standards and that "non-attorney responses were more mixed".

The commission writes that Judge Chaffin "demonstrates excellent legal knowledge and applies the law appropriately in the cases before him" and "is consistently well prepared, and issues prompt well-reasoned rulings grounded in law and fact." It finds "a judicial temperament that is fair, respectful, compassionate, and professional" and writes that he "treats parties, attorneys, litigants, and court staff with dignity, values their time, and actively works to solve problems humanely and creatively."