FILE - This Jan. 15, 2015, file photo shows a view of the jury box, right, inside Courtroom 201, where jury selection in the trial of Aurora movie theater shootings defendant James Holmes was set to begin at the Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Three jurors in the Colorado theater shooting trial were dismissed Tuesday, June 9, 2015, amid concern they had been exposed to media coverage of the case and were discussing it among themselves. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)

AURORA | Three Aurora residents have been nominated for a judgeship vacancy on the Arapahoe County Court following the retirement of judge Anne M. Ollada.

The 18th Judicial District Nominating Commission has selected Christine M. Apostoli, LaQunya L. Baker, and Michael J. Carter as final nominees, according to the district.

Gov. Jared Polis has 15 days from May 18 to appoint one of them to the vacancy.

Apostoli is currently a magistrate judge in the 18th Judicial District.

Baker is a criminal defense litigator and a visiting professor at Denver University’s Sturm College of Law. She previously served as a public defender in Jefferson County.

Carter is a criminal defense attorney at The Carter Law Group in Aurora, and is currently serving as a board of education director in Aurora Public Schools.