Event Calendar

Please join us October 15 to celebrate Colorado's courts and this year's CJI Judicial Excellence Award honorees!

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This year's honorees are:

* District Court Chief Judge Susan Blanco, 8th Judicial District
* County Court Judge John Mochel, Las Animas & Huerfano Counties, 3rd Judicial District
* Magistrate Melissa Annis, Denver County Court, 2nd Judicial District

Also this year, CJI honors Chief Judge Ryan Stuart of the 23rd Judicial District with a special Judicial Leadership Award.

Join us to celebrate them—and Colorado's judicial system—on October 15!

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Also Featuring:

* Master of ceremonies Chandra Thomas Whitfield of Colorado Public Radio
* Welcome speech by Chief Justice Monica Márquez
* Cocktail reception entertainment by Chilly Jazz
* Paddle raise fundraiser to benefit CJI's judicial education program

This gala dinner is CJI's biggest fundraiser and subsidizes our important work throughout the year. Please join us and support CJI's mission and programs on behalf of Colorado's courts!

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Individual Tickets

* Individual Ticket - Standard: $250
* Individual Ticket - Judges and other public servants: $200

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Thanks to Our Sponsors!

Platinum Level:

* Dowd Bennett LLP
* Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP

Gold Level:

* Polsinelli PC

Silver Level:

* American Arbitration Association
* Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
* Davis Graham
* Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes
* The Harris Law Firm
* Holland & Hart LLP
* Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
* MDC Richmond American Homes Foundation
* Venable

Bronze Level:

* Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations, LLC
* Buchalter
* Caplan & Earnest LLC
* Cheney Galluzzi & Howard, LLC
* Childs McCune Michalek, LLC
* Colorado & Denver Bar Associations and Colorado Bar Association CLE
* Colorado Bar Association Family Law Section
* Colorado Bar Association Solo Small Section
* Cox Baker Page & Bailey, LLC
* Douglas Elbert Bar Association
* EchoStar
* Employers Council
* Faegre Drinker
* Fennemore
* Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
* Greenberg Traurig, LLP
* Greenspoon Marder LLP
* Griffiths Law PC
* JAMS
* Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc.
* Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
* New Leaf Family / AndersonDodson
* Perkins Coie LLP
* Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
* Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
* Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Small/Solo Level:

* Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
* Ginger on the Docket
* The Lawyers Choice, LLC
* Parker Lipman LLP
* Werge & Corbin Law Group

Wine Sponsors:

* Davis Graham
* The Lawyers Choice, LLC

AV Sponsors:

* The Lawyers Choice, LLC

Other Sponsors:

* Epstein Patierno, LLP
* Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC

Sponsors of In-Kind Services for Gala Dinner

* Michael Lopez and Array for printing services
* Kathy Henry and Davis Graham for design services
* Don Yost and Holland & Hart for video production services

(Sponsor list last updated on September 9, 2025.)

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship of CJI's annual gala dinner is a terrific way to showcase your organization and support CJI's work on behalf of Colorado’s courts. Sponsorship benefits include event tickets (e.g., full table or half table), sponsor ad in the printed program plus other promotion, and lots of networking!

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, click the link below.

But please act quickly, it's best to reserve your sponsorship—and ad space—by the first week of September.

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CJI looks forward to seeing you on October 15!