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, 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!
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 last year's 2025 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
- Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP
- 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.
- Levin Sitcoff PC
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
- New Leaf Family / AndersonDodson
- Perkins Coie LLP
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
- Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP
- Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Small/Solo Level:
- The Advocates
- Colorado Defense Lawyers Association
- The Figa Family
- Ginger on the Docket
- The Lawyers Choice, LLC
- Maverick Public Relations
- Parker Lipman LLP
- Werge & Corbin Law Group
Wine Sponsors:
- Davis Graham
- The Lawyers Choice, LLC
AV Sponsors:
- The Lawyers Choice, LLC
Other Sponsors:
- Arapahoe County Bar Association
- 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
- Dan Diamond and Rocky Mountain PBS for audio production
(Sponsor list last updated October 8, 2025.)
