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# Sean Finn

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.

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

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## Biography

### Professional career

- He also worked as a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Adams and Broomfield Counties, and as a Chief Trial Deputy in the Boulder District Attorney’s Office

### Education

- Undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado and his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA.

### Additional information

- After law school, Judge Finn worked in commercial law for O’Melveny & Myers, LLP in Los Angeles, and Davis, Graham & Stubbs in Denver, and as a law clerk for Judge Robert Russel on the Colorado Court of Appeals.
- In addition to his work on the bench, Judge Finn continues to teach as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado School of Law, where he has taught Evidence and Criminal Procedure.



## 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.