Michael Kotlarczyk at a glance
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Michael Kotlarczyk
Biography
Professional career
- Judge Kotlarczyk (cut-LAR-chik) was appointed to the Boulder District Court bench in October 2024
- Prior to joining the Court, Judge Kotlarczyk served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General and Assistant Solicitor General in the Public Officials Unit at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.
Education
Additional information
- Judge Kotlarczyk graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center (2008) and summa cum laude from Drake University (2004).
- There, he represented Colorado’s elected officials, specializing in litigation involving election law and constitutional law.
- Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, he practiced law in Denver as a commercial litigator at Reilly Pozner LLP and Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP.
- Immediately after law school, he clerked for a federal trial court judge in Chicago and a federal court of appeals judge in Denver.
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