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# Troy Hause

19th Judicial District District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: 19th 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/troy-hause)
- [Official roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/troy-hause)
- [Colorado Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/contact/troy-hause)
- [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

- Career before judgeship: Solo practitioner for 27 years (1986–2013) Practice areas included family law, bankruptcy, juvenile law, mental health law, criminal defense, civil litigation, and mediation
- Position: District Court Judge, 19th Judicial District, Colorado

### Education

- Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, OR, graduating Magna Cum Laude — J.D. (1986)
- Hause graduated from Colorado State University in 1983, with Distinction.

### Additional information

- Appointment: Appointed in 2013; retained in the 2016 election with 67.02% of the vote
- Prior to his appointment he was a solo practitioner in private practice for 27 years (1986-2013).
- W. Troy Hause was appointed to the District Court Bench for the Nineteenth Judicial District Nov.
- Practiced in the areas of family law, bankruptcy, juvenile law, mental health law, criminal defense, general civil litigation, and mediation.
- Judge Hause currently presides over domestic relations, dependency and neglect, and adoption matters.



## 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.