EXPERTISE IN JUVENILE LAW • CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY • HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY • CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER
Criminal Defense and Civil Rights Lawyer
Current Private Practice – John Baxter, Trial Attorney: Defending against criminal charges, protecting and enforcing your United States Constitution and Colorado Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights law
Admitted to practice in: Colorado; United States Federal District Court; Utah (currently inactive); Court of Indian Offenses in Indian Country (Colorado) Ute Mountain Ute; Southern Ute Tribal Court, Southern Ute Indian Reservation
Attorney for the Montezuma County Board of Commissioners, including Social Services, Road Department, Health department, Administration, IT, Noxious Weed department, Landfill, Fairgrounds, GIS Mapping, Natural Resources and Public Lands, Planning and Zoning, Public Transportation, Senior Services, and Veteran Services 2013-2021
Legal Officer, United Nations: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, War Crimes Tribunal, Office of the Prosecutor, The Hague, Netherlands 2007
Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado Public Defender’s Office, Trial Offices: Denver, Adams, and Durango 2000-2006
University of Denver, School of Law, Juris Doctorate
Virginia Tech, Bachelor of Science