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# Gordon Paul Gallagher

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado · Judge

## Profile

- Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- State: Colorado
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Contract attorney, Alternate Defense Counsel, Denver, Colorado, 2000-2012
- Contract attorney for Colorado’s Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel (2000–2012)
- Deputy district attorney, Mesa County, Colorado, 1997-2000; lead county court prosecutor, 1999-2000
- Judge Gallagher’s career reflects extensive experience in criminal defense, public service, and federal judicial administration

### Education

- University of Denver College of Law (now Sturm College of Law) — J.D. (1996)
- Macalester College — B.A. (1991)

### Additional information

- Managed pro se intake division since 2014
- Magistrate, District Court, D. Colorado, 2012-present
- Commissioned: March 24, 2023
- Confirmed: March 22, 2023
- Private practice, Grand Junction, Colorado, 2000-2023
- Private practice, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 1996-1997
- Date of birth: 1970
- focusing on criminal defense
- Represented Southern Ute and Ute Mountain Ute Tribes
- Predecessor: Judge William J. Martínez
- Oversaw petty offense and misdemeanor cases on federal lands
- Birth place: Louisville

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### civil remote testimony

Scope: courtwide

In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards.

Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location.

[Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### criminal recording and broadcasting

Scope: courtwide

Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception.

Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom.

[Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13438481)
- [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13438481)
- [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13438481)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9117/gordon-p-gallagher/)
- [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure)
- [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9117/gordon-p-gallagher/)
- [Judge Gordon Paul Gallagher](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13438481)
- [Wikidata: Gordon Gallagher](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113681646)

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## Federal civil docket activity

Dataset updated through 2026-06-30.

| Period | Assigned cases | Terminated cases | Median disposition (months) | Median sample |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1y | 149 | 15 | 1.9 | 15 |
| 2y | 396 | 86 | 3.4 | 86 |
| 5y | 729 | 330 | 6.9 | 330 |
| 10y | 729 | 330 | 6.9 | 330 |

Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/


## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-651872d6e45e0d82319ecccc) — Civil actions in United States District Courts; Rule 81 exceptions apply. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.
- [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.