Second Judicial District - District Court Judge
Honorable Marie A. Moses
Retention Year: 2024
Recommendation: Meets Performance Standards
Reports:
2024 Retention Survey Report (PDF)
2023 Interim Survey Report (PDF)
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The Second Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance unanimously agrees by a vote of 9–0, with one Commissioner vacancy, that Judge Marie A. Moses MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. The Colorado statutory judicial performance criteria are integrity, legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament, administrative performance, and service to the legal profession and the public.
Judge Moses currently presides over domestic relations matters in the Denver District Court. Judge Moses meets all aspects of the performance criteria on which she is evaluated. Judge Moses’ written decisions are clear, thorough, and well-reasoned. Her notable strengths, observed by the Commission and described in survey responses, include being a hard-working judge, who cares deeply about correctly applying the law to the facts, and is punctual with her decisions. The Commission, based on its observation and analysis of survey responses, did not identify any evaluation category in which Judge Moses displayed a notable weakness as to the performance criteria. Judge Moses exceeded the Court’s productivity benchmark for domestic relations courtrooms, completing 99% of cases within 18 months.
The Commission met with the Chief Judge of Denver District Court to discuss challenges facing the court system. The Commission conducted a personal interview with Judge Moses and observed her during court proceedings. It also reviewed opinions she authored, comments received from interested parties during the evaluation, recordings from her courtroom, case management data, and judicial performance survey responses from attorneys and non-attorneys who interacted with her. The surveys reflected personal opinions regarding Judge Moses in the categories of case management, application and knowledge of the law, communications, diligence, demeanor, and fairness. A total of 33 attorneys and 31 non-attorneys responded to the judicial performance surveys expressing their opinion of Judge Moses. The overall information and data reviewed supports the Commission’s recommendation that Judge Moses be retained.
Judge Moses was appointed to the Denver District Court in March 2021. Prior to her appointment, she was a partner in a law firm focused on the practice of family law, with a focus on litigation and appellate matters. She is a Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Fellow and serves on the Colorado Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Family Issues. Prior to entering private practice, she served as a law clerk on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Judge Moses received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.