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# Mark Warner

17th Judicial District District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: 17th Judicial District District Court
- 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

- Appointed as a District Court Judge in 2005 by Governor Bill Owens
- Licensed to practice law in October 1990 and served as Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Seventeenth Judicial District before his judicial appointment.

### Education

- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Iowa State University in 1981 and later obtained his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1990, where he held the role of law review editor and was awarded the Order of Saint Ives.
- Judge Warner graduated from the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1981.

### Additional information

- He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in Denver, Colorado where served as law review editor was awarded the Order of Saint Ives in 1990 and.
- Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Seventeenth Judicial District prior to his appointment as a District Court Judge.
- Judge Mark D. Warner is a well-established judicial figure in Colorado, with over 18 years of service on the bench.

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

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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.