French served on the district court bench for nine years handling a combined dockets of civil, domestic, mental health and criminal cases. This caseload included domestic cases, personal injury, professional malpractice, employment discrimination and complex commercial cases.
 
While on the bench, French regularly taught classes to Colorado judges and still serves as a co-dean of New Judge Orientation for newly appointed judicial officers in Colorado. French also serves as a mentor for judges on behalf of the Colorado Judicial Department.
 
French served as a deputy district attorney in Denver following graduation from the University of Colorado School of Law, and left that office as a chief deputy district attorney.  He then worked in private practice for 25 years in Denver and Fort Collins before he took the bench. In private practice, he had a diverse practice including professional malpractice defense, insurance defense, plaintiff’s personal injury, commercial litigation, and trademark infringement cases.  He is a member of the bar in Colorado and Wyoming, and tried cases in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada.