Marianne M. Tims

1st Judicial District Court

The Honorable Marianne Marshall Tims has been a District Court Magistrate in Jefferson County since 2004 (and presiding 2006 through February 2020). She has a fully diversified docket including domestic relations, delinquency, dependency and neglect, paternity, adoption, relinquishment, and temporary and permanent civil protection orders. She has been recognized by the Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in 2019, was named Magistrate of the Year in 2014 by the Colorado Judicial Institute for Judicial Excellence 2014, and has received the Excalibur Award from Colorado Family Support Counsel and the Linda T. Palmieri Award for Outstanding Service to Children in 2013, the Excellence in Practice Spirit of the Summit Multi-Disciplinary Team Award in 2009 and the Speaking up for Children Award from CASA in 2000. She was selected for and completed the Executive Leadership Development program through SCAO in 2017. She is currently a member of the Supreme Court Standing Committee on Civil Rules. Prior to taking the bench, Magistrate Tims had a small private practice, has been a guardian ad litem and an Assistant County Attorney in both Jefferson and Arapahoe counties. Magistrate Tims received a J.D. from the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law in 1992 and a B.A. in Business Administration from Fort Lewis College in Durango in 1988.

 

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