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CJI Awards Dinner

Ballroom table with place settings and flowers at a fancy gala dinner

24th Annual Judicial Excellence for Colorado Awards Dinner

Hosted by the Colorado Judicial Institute 

Date / Time: Thursday October 22, 2026, 5:30-8:30 pm
Location: Hilton Denver City Center, 1701 California Street, Denver, CO 80202
Attire: Business

This year's Judicial Excellence Award honorees will be:

  • Magistrate Linda Connors, 8th Judicial District, Larimer County
  • County Court Judge Colleen Clark, 18th Judicial District, Arapahoe County
  • District Court Chief Judge Carl McGuire, 13th Judicial District 

We will also be recognizing a Judicial Leadership Honoree:

  • District Court Judge Dea Lindsey, 20th Judicial District 

Join us to celebrate our honorees—and Colorado's judicial system—on October 22!

The awards 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! Purchase your individual seats here.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship of CJI's awards 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 here.  Or you can download our Sponsor Prospectus here. 

 It's best to reserve your sponsorship—and ad space—by the first week of September.

Thanks to our Sponsors!

Platinum Level:

Dowd Bennett LLP
Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell

Gold Level:

Polsinelli

Silver Level:

  • American Arbitration Association
  • Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
  • Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
  • EchoStar Corporation
  • Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes
  • Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
  • The Harris Law Firm
  • Holland & Hart LLP
  • Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC
  • Mizel-Mandarich Foundation
  • Venable LLP

Bronze Level:

  • Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations, LLC
  • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
  • Buchalter
  • Caplan & Earnest LLC
  • Cheney Galluzzi & Howard, LLC
  • Childs McCune Michalek, LLC
  • Ciancio Ciancio Brown, P.C.
  • Colorado & Denver Bar Associations and Colorado Bar Association CLE
  • Colorado Bar Association, Family Law Section
  • Colorado Bar Association, Solo & Small Firm Section
  • Crowell & Moring LLP
  • Employers Council
  • Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
  • Fennemore Craig, P.C.
  • Gould & Ratner LLP
  • Griffiths Law PC
  • JAMS
  • Judicial Arbiter Group, Inc.
  • Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
  • PNF Consultants LLC
  • Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C.
  • Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
  • Smith Balicki Finn Laraway LLC
  • Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP

Small/Solo and Additional Sponsor Level:

  • Arapahoe County Bar Association
  • Bowlin & Schall LLC
  • Clarity Media Group, Inc.
  • Colorado Bar Association, Appellate Subsection
  • Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
  • The Figa Family
  • Parker Lipman LLP
  • Sherr Puttmann Akins Lamb PC
  • University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
  • Werge & Corbin Law Group

Sponsors of In-Kind Services for Awards Dinner

  • Michael Lopez and Array for printing services
  • Gregg Kantz at GVR Middle School for design services
  • Don Yost and Holland & Hart LLP for Video Production
  • Dan Diamond and Rocky Mountain PBS for Audio Production

(Sponsor list last updated September 29, 2026.)

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