April 26, 2007 He'd toiled for years as a prosecutor and worked as a magistrate before, finally, he got the call for his dream job - district court judge.

"It was a job he had wanted for his entire career," Gail Liles, 51, said. "He was extremely excited. He was thrilled to have it. He had given up his job (as a magistrate) in Centennial to have it."

This moment had been ingrained in Biddle's imagination for so long, he knew exactly what he wanted served at the reception after his swearing-in. It would be something near and dear to his Philadelphia roots: cheese steaks and hoagies.

Allegations surfaced in December of a sexual liaison between the 57-year-old Biddle and a younger prosecutor named Laurie Steinman who tried cases in his court.

The allegations became more concrete Friday when the Attorney Regulation Council filed a complaint with details that included sex in his courtroom chambers and in the women's showers at the courthouse with 29-year-old Steinman.

To hear colleagues tell it, Biddle was gregarious, funny and charismatic - even dating back to his days as a prosecutor in the mid-'80s at the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office. Dave Lugert, who was a prosecutor with Biddle around the same time, remembered him driving muscle cars and playing in a '50s-style rock 'n' roll band.

He was even known to do upwards of 100 sit-ups and push-ups in his office - a part of his Marine Corps background that he was so proud of he had photos and plaques in his office denoting his service.

But Biddle's life's ambition was not to be a rock star. He was on a legal path that took him through prosecutor's offices in Arapahoe and Denver to the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Division before landing as a magistrate in Centennial.

During that time, he garnered a lot of friends and admirers, which helped propel him into the list of three finalists for the district court judge position in Douglas County in 2006.

Jon Anderson, Owens' legal adviser who interviewed Biddle for the position, recalled contacting about 150 people in the lengthy vetting process.

"Absolutely without exception, we would never appoint someone if we had any information of any improprieties," Anderson said. "It was always a close race (among the three finalists)."

Anderson said the news of Biddle's transgressions came as "a shock." He also said, though they interviewed so many people about Biddle, they never talked to any of his three ex-wives.

Both Biddle and Steinman are facing possible punishments ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment. Both have to file responses to the allegations before a hearing is held before the State Supreme Court's presiding disciplinary judge.

"It's very disappointing to me that someone with so much potential would make choices that led to this affair and his resignation," said Liles, Biddle's fourth wife who has filed for divorce.

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