Pax . Moultrie

Colorado Court of Appeals

The Honorable Pax Leia Moultrie was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in January 2024. She previously served as a district court judge for Denver Juvenile Court presiding over a docket of varied matters including adoptions, dependency and neglect cases, and juvenile delinquency cases. She also previously served as a magistrate in the 1st Judicial District, presiding over a docket of domestic relations and juvenile matters. Prior to becoming a judicial officer, she represented county departments of human services in dependency and neglect and juvenile delinquency matters. She is a member of the Colorado Bar Association and is a past chair of its Juvenile Law Section. She is also a member of several specialty bar associations, including the Sam Cary Bar Association and Colorado Women’s Bar Association, is a Colorado Bar Foundation Fellow, and has served as an appointed member of non-profit organizations and law-related organizations, including the Colorado Office of the Child Protection Ombudsman and the Respondent Parent’s Counsel Work Group. Judge Moultrie earned her B.A. in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis and her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

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