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# Judith Smith

Colorado County Court, Denver County · County Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Colorado County Court, Denver County
- State: Colorado
- Role: County Court Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Judith Smith — Colorado County Court, Denver County

## Biography

### Professional career

- Began her career in private practice with a global law firm and also clerked for a federal judge in the 10th Circuit Court

### Education

- Undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder
- Columbia Law School — LL.M.

### Additional information

- Appointed to the Denver County Court in September 2018.
- Court committees for information technology, judicial retention and appeals index.
- Prior to her appointment, Judge Smith spent 14 years as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Colorado where she led the special prosecutions section and established the cybercrime and national security section.
- Before that, she was a Denver deputy district attorney where she specialized in juvenile prosecutions.
- Her memberships include the Colorado Women’s Bar Association and the Colorado LGBTQ+ Bar Association.

## Sources

- [Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation](https://judicialperformance.colorado.gov/smith-judith-a-2026-evaluation)

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