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Timothy Johnson
Biography
Professional career
- Judge Timothy L. Johnson was appointed to the Boulder District Court bench in July 2025 by Governor Jared Polis, following the retirement of the Honorable Ingrid S. Bakke
- Private practice as an associate at The Bagley Law Firm (2019–2020) and Caplan and Earnest, LLC (2020–2022)
- Deputy District Attorney in the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office from March 1998 to December 2018, specializing in domestic violence and sex crimes, and serving as director of the Community Protection Division, prosecuting fraud and crimes against the elderly
- Also a Deputy District Attorney in the 20th Judicial District from March 1998 through December 2018 where he specialized as a domestic violence and sex crimes prosecutor.
Education
- University of Colorado School of Law in — J.D. (1997)
- University of Colorado in — B.A. (1993)
Additional information
- Magistrate in the 20th Judicial District starting in July 2021 until his appointment.
- Prior to this appointment, he held the role of a District Court Magistrate in the 20th Judicial District from July 2021, where he primarily handled domestic relations matters.
- focusing on civil and criminal law matters.
- Currently Judge Johnson presides mainly over pre-decree domestic relations matters.
- He also served as the director of the Community Protection Division prosecuting fraud and other crimes against elderly people.
- Judge Johnson graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law and from the University of Colorado - Boulder.
- Prior to that, Judge Johnson was in private practice for two years working as an associate at the Bagley Law Firm and Caplan and Earnest.
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