Mesa County Magistrates

Magistrate William T. McNulty

Division Clerk: Dee Green 970-257-3645
Court Reporter: Tina Hoffman 970-257-3649
Courtroom: Courtroom 7 (3rd floor)  
Division: 7  
Division Clerk e-mail: Dee.Green@judicial.state.co.us  

Magistrate McNulty graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts
in Government.   He spent the following year working with developmentally disabled adults as a
volunteer with Holy Cross Associates in Oakland, California.   He attended the Marshall-Wythe
School of Law at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, graduating in 1994.
He was hired by the Office of the Public Defender in 1995 and moved to Grand Junction at the
end of that year.    He worked as a Deputy State Public Defender for 13 years before being
appointed as a Magistrate in 2009.


Magistrate Cynthia C. Cyphers

Division Clerk: Melody Hendricks 970-257-3691
Court Reporter: Chris Orme 970-257-3673
Courtroom: 4 (3rd  floor)  
Division: 4  
Division Clerk e-mail: Melody.Hendricks@judicial.state.co.us  

Magistrate Cyphers earned a B.A in English and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Colorado in Boulder.    In 1986 she graduated from DU law school and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Property.    She worked in the Public Defender’s Office for nine years in Denver, Colorado Springs and Grand Junction.  She was appointed as magistrate in 1997.

 

Magistrate Stephanie L. Rubinstein

Division Clerk: Sharon Palmer 970-257-8780
Court Reporter: Cyndi Jacquez 970-257-3673
Courtroom: 3 (3rd floor)  
Division: 3  
Division Clerk e-mail: Sharon.Palmer@judicial.state.co.us  

Stephanie Rubinstein graduated from Truman State University (formerly Northeast Missouri University) in 1993 with a Bachelor’s Degree in English.  She attended Drake University Law School and graduated in 1996.  She then moved to Grand Junction in 1996 where she served the community working with Colorado Legal Services.  She worked for the City of Grand Junction as a Staff Attorney for 4-1/2 years, and was in private practice for three years prior to being appointed to the position of Magistrate in 2006.