Susan J. Blanco
8th Judicial District
Honorable Susan Blanco is the Chief Judge of the 8th Judicial District of Colorado and is the first female chief judge for the district. She has presided over criminal, civil, probate, domestic relations, and specialty courts. Prior to the bench, she served as a Deputy District Attorney followed by over a decade in private practice focusing on criminal defense, juvenile delinquency, dependency and neglect, and municipal prosecution. She developed the first Competency Court in Colorado and the award winning Latinx task force focused on improving access to justice. She helped develop and launch the DEI initiative “Lawyer's Teaching for Change” which allows attorneys to teach about the law in grade school classrooms. Currently she serves on the Chief Judge's Council, is a commissioner on the Colorado Access to Justice Commission, the CBA Criminal Law Executive Council, the CWBA Board of Directors, chairs the Colorado Judicial Branch's Pathways to Access Standing Committee working on virtual proceedings, language access, and plain language forms, and co-chairs the Colorado Judicial Branch's IT Standing Committee.
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