Second Judicial District - District Court Judge
Honorable Stephanie Scoville
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 Stephanie Scoville 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 Scoville currently presides over civil matters in the Denver District Court. Judge Scoville meets all aspects of the performance criteria on which she is evaluated. Judge Scoville’s written decisions are clear, thorough, and well-reasoned. Her notable strengths, observed by the Commission and described in survey responses, include the clarity of her decisions, her knowledge of the law, and her ability to manage a heavy docket. The Commission, based on its observation and analysis of survey responses, did not identify any evaluation category in which Judge Scoville displayed a notable weakness as to the performance criteria. Judge Scoville exceeded the Court’s productivity benchmark for civil courtrooms, completing approximately 98% 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 Scoville 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 Scoville in the categories of case management, application and knowledge of the law, communications, diligence, demeanor, and fairness. A total of 37 attorneys and five non-attorneys responded to the judicial performance surveys expressing their opinion of Judge Scoville. The overall information and data reviewed supports the Commission’s recommendation that Judge Scoville be retained.
Judge Scoville was appointed to the Denver District Court in 2021. She graduated from Drake University with a BA and from the University of Virginia with a JD. Judge Scoville was an Assistant Colorado Attorney General for the 17 years immediately prior to her appointment. Before joining the Office of the Colorado Attorney General, Judge Scoville worked in private practice as a litigation associate and served as a clerk to a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court.