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Maria E. Berkenkotter
Justice · Supreme Court of Colorado
Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.
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Biography and careerSource-attributed professional, judicial, and education record
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Biography
Professional career
- Before her appointment to the trial court bench, she ran the Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Tobacco Litigation Units of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
- Before joining the Attorney General’s Office in 1990, Justice Berkenkotter was in private practice at Holmes & Starr, P.C. in Denver, Colorado.
Judicial service
- From August 2006 to November 2017, Justice Berkenkotter was a District Court Judge in the Twentieth Judicial District.
- Justice Berkenkotter was sworn into the Colorado Supreme Court on January 4, 2021.
- Kirshbaum of the Colorado Supreme Court after graduating from the University of Denver Law School in 1987.
- Before her appointment to the trial court bench, she ran the Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Tobacco Litigation Units of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Education
- Kirshbaum of the Colorado Supreme Court after graduating from the University of Denver Law School in 1987.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Expanded Media Coverage
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.
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Expanded Media Notice
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.
Expanded Media Coverage applications to be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the court proceeding in question.Request for Expanded Media Coverage ↗
Sources
Colorado Judicial Branch official judicial roster
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