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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, Denver, CO 80202
Attire: Business

This year's Judicial Excellence Award honorees will be announced in July.

Join us to celebrate them—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. 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.)