District Court Judge Philip James McNulty has been appointed the new chief judge for the First Judicial District (Jefferson and Gilpin counties) by Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Nancy E. Rice. The appointment is effective Nov. 17, 2014. McNulty replaces retiring Chief Judge Stephen M. Munsinger, who was appointed to the district court bench in July 2001 and named chief judge in August 2011. "I would like to thank Judge Munsinger for his many years of dedicated service and wish him well…