Todd Taylor at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
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- Colorado · State
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Todd Taylor
Judicial assignments
- Colorado Water Court, Division 1Principal Water JudgeSource checked October 15, 2026. Roster source
These published assignments do not certify a complete bench.
Biography
Professional career
- Appointed as a district court judge in 2010
- He also served as a municipal judge for the Town of Gilcrest, a deputy district attorney, and a staff attorney for the Legal Services Corporation in Washington, D.C
- Before his appointment, Judge Taylor practiced in the areas of civil litigation, family law, and criminal defense as a partner at Henderson, Taylor & Rapp, and later, Taylor & Rapp.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, where his honors included an American Jurisprudence Award — J.D.
Additional information
- The water judge for Colorado’s Water Division 1 and also presides in Division 4 of the 19 th Judicial District over civil matters.
- Judge Taylor graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with honors, magna cum laude, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
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