Skip to main content

Awardees

Several crystal awards for CJI's judicial excellence award winners are placed on a table

CJI is proud to recognize the outstanding individual recipients of its Judicial Excellence Awards over the years.

2024 Awardees

  • District Chief Judge Mark MacDonnell, 16th Judicial District, Otero, Bent, and Crowley Counties
  • County Court Judge Verna Carpenter, Jefferson County, 1st Judicial District
  • Magistrate Randall Lococo, Weld County, 19th Judicial District

2023 Awardees

  • District Court Judge James Boyd (retired), 9th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Mariana Vielma, Adams County
  • Magistrate Karen Hubler, Denver District Court

Read about the 2023 awardees and dinner here.

2023 Honorees Judge Vielma and Chief Judge Boyd

2022 Awardees

  • District Court Chief Judge Michelle Amico, 18th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge David Archuleta, 20th Judicial District
  • Magistrate Kevin Kennedy, 21st Judicial District
  • Magistrate William McNulty, 21st Judicial District

Read about the 2022 awardees and dinner here, and watch the event video in its entirety here.

Judge Michelle Amico, Judge David Archuleta, Magistrate Kevin Kennedy, and Magistrate William McNulty pose for a group photo.

L-R: Judge Michelle Amico, Judge David Archuleta, Magistrate Kevin Kennedy, Magistrate William McNulty

2021 Awardees

  • District Court Judge Paul Dunkelman, 5th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Mark Randall, 1st Judicial District
  • Magistrate Sarah Zane, 16th Judicial District

Read about the 2021 awards dinner here.

2020 Awardees

  • District Court Judge Larry C. Schwartz, 10th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Theresa Spahn, 2nd Judicial District
  • Magistrate Jami Vigil, 4th Judicial District
  • Special salute to Judge Robert Hawthorne (retired) of the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court Justice Nathan B. Coats
  • Special recognition to the Chief Judges Council

Read about the 2020 awards dinner here.

Past Awardees 2000-2019

2019

  • District Court Judge Timothy J. Schutz, 4th Judicial District, El Paso County
  • County Court Judge Olympia Z. Fay, 2nd Judicial District, Denver County
  • Magistrate Matthew R. Zehe, 8th Judicial District, Larimer County
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award: Judge Marcia S. Krieger, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award: Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado

2018

  • District Court Judge Morris B. Hoffman, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • County Court Judge Thomas E. Vance, 1st Judicial District, Jefferson County
  • Magistrate Lisa M. Gomez, Denver Juvenile Court
  • Special recognition of Chief Judge Alan M. Loeb, Colorado Court of Appeals
  • Special recognition of Chief Justice Nancy E. Rice, Colorado Supreme Court

2017

  • District Court Judge John E. Popovich (retired), 17th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Gary M. Jackson, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Magistrate Frances R. Johnson, 4th Judicial District
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award: Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Gale T. Miller (retired)

2016

  • District Court Chief Judge Michael (Mick) O’Hara III, 14th Judicial District, covering Moffat, Routt and Grand Counties
  • County Court Presiding Judge John M. Marcucci, Denver
  • Magistrate Carolyn McLean, 20th Judicial District, Boulder

2015

  • District Court Judge Angela R. Arkin, 18th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Clarisse Gonzales Mangnall, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Magistrate Kristina Hansson, 18th Judicial District, Boulder

2014

  • District Court Chief Judge Claude W. Appel, 3rd Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Sabino E. Romano, 17th Judicial District
  • Magistrate Marianne M. Tims, 1st Judicial District

2013

  • District Court Chief Judge James F. Hartmann, Jr., 19th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Leroy D. Kirby, Adams County
  • Magistrate Emily E. Anderson, 17th Judicial District
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award to Chief Justice Michael Bender, Colorado Supreme Court
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award to former Chief Judge Janice B. Davidson, Colorado Court of Appeals

2012

  • District Court Chief Judge Robert S. Hyatt, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • County Court Judge Susanna Meissner-Cutler, 18th Judicial District, Douglas County
  • Magistrate Bonnie McLean, 18th Judicial District

2011

  • District Court Judge O. John Kuenhold, 12th Judicial District
  • District Court Judge C. Jean Stewart, Presiding Judge of the Denver Probate Court
  • County Court Judge Christine A. Carney, Larimer County Court
  • Magistrate Stephanie L. Rubinstein, 21st Judicial District, Mesa County

2010

  • District Court Chief Judge Ruckriegle, 5th Judicial District, covering Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit Counties
  • County Court Judge Tom Reed, 20th Judicial District, Boulder County
  • Magistrate Diane Dupree, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Distinguished Judicial Leadership Award to retiring Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey

2009

  • District Court Judge James H. Hiatt, 8th Judicial District, covering Jackson and Larimer Counties
  • County Court Judge Doris E. Burd, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Magistrate Brian N. Bowen, 17th Judicial District, Adams County

2008

  • District Court Judge M. Jon Kolomitz, 16th Judicial District
  • District Court Judge Robert H. Russell, II, 18th Judicial District
  • County Court Alfred C. Harrell, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Magistrate Jane E. Westbrook, 21st Judicial District, Mesa County

2007

  • District Court Judge Roxanne Bailin, 20th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge James B. Breese, 2nd Judicial District, Denver
  • Magistrate Dinsmore Tuttle, 19th Judicial District

2006

  • District Court Judge C. Dennis Maes
  • County Court Judge Lynn J. Karowsky, Weld County
  • Magistrate Louis A. Gresh, 18th Judicial District

2005

  • District Court Judge Thomas J. Curry, 18th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Cindy Hull Bruner, Adams County
  • Magistrate Stephen Schapanski, 8th Judicial District, Larimer County

2004

  • District Court Judge Cheryl L. Post, 18th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Roy Olson, 1st Judicial District, Jefferson County
  • Magistrate Clinton A. Smith, 10th Judicial District, Pueblo County

2003

  • District Court Chief Judge Harlan R. Bockman, 17th Judicial District
  • County Court Judge Charles T. Hoppin, 1st Judicial District, Jefferson County
  • Magistrate Tijani (T.J.) Cole, 20th Judicial District, Boulder County

2002

  • District Court Judge T. Peter Craven, 9th Judicial District

2001

  • Judge James Leh, 13th Judicial District
  • Judge Kenneth Stuart, 18th Judicial District

2000

  • Judge H. Jeffrey Bayless, 2nd Judicial District, Denver