Judge Flesher was appointed to the District Court bench by Governor Ritter in March of 2008.
He graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law in May of 1985 and was a staff attorney with Pueblo County Legal Services from November of 1985 until July of 1988. He then became a Deputy Public Defender with the Colorado State Public Defenders Office, continuing in that position until October of 2007. After a short period of time in private practice he was appointed to the bench.