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# John Briggs

Colorado County Court, Weld County · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Colorado County Court, Weld County
- State: Colorado
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- 2004–2010: Private Practice: Law Offices of Robert E. Ray, Greeley
- He then worked as a Deputy Public Defender in the states of Kansas and Colorado for eight years, at which time he entered private practice joining the Law Offices of Robert E. Ray in Greeley, Colo., in December of 2004
- Judge John J. Briggs serves on the Weld County Court (Nineteenth Judicial District) in Colorado

### Education

- John Briggs graduated from Washburn University School of Law in 1993, and went to work for the Kansas Court of Appeals, Central Research Staff, until 1996.

### Additional information

- Appointed to the bench in December 2010 and sworn in on January 24, 2011.
- Appointed to the County Court Bench in December of 2010 and was sworn in on Jan.
- Deputy Public Defender in Kansas and Colorado (1996–2004).
- Early Career: Central Research Staff, Kansas Court of Appeals (1993–1996).
- Judge Briggs continues to serve as an active judicial officer in Weld County, maintaining a criminal and civil docket.
- Worked with Mr. Ray for six years until his current appointment.
- His docket includes misdemeanor cases, traffic offenses, bond hearings, and county‐level civil matters.
- His is currently assigned to a county court criminal docket that includes a mix of misdemeanor, traffic offenses, and civil cases.

## 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

### expanded media coverage

Scope: statewide

Colorado expanded media coverage requests must comply with Chapter 38, Rule 3 and are submitted to the court before the proceeding; authorization remains subject to court rules, orders, restrictions, and limitations.

Evidence excerpt: you agree with the criteria set forth in Chapter 38, Rule 3, as well as all orders, rules, restrictions, or limitations issued or imposed by the court

[Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### expanded media notice

Scope: statewide

Colorado expanded media coverage applications generally must be submitted at least twenty-four hours before the court proceeding, though judges may consider shorter-notice requests in some circumstances.

Evidence excerpt: Expanded Media Coverage applications to be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the court proceeding in question.

[Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/john-briggs)
- [Official roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/john-briggs)
- [Colorado Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/john-briggs)
- [Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Request for Expanded Media Coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-18f557a3dab23203e245f5e3) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/media/request-expanded-media-coverage?topic=76&wrapped=true). Collected 2026-07-26.