District Judge, Jefferson County District Court, Criminal Division (Place 2)

Maria Fortune is a Jefferson County district judge in the criminal division and presides over the Birmingham Division drug court¹. She won District Court Place 2 in November 2020 and took office in January 2021²³. Before the bench she ran her own law practice, served as a deputy public defender and an assistant city attorney, and sat as a special circuit judge and daily master in Jefferson County¹. She is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot⁴.

• District Judge, Jefferson County District Court, criminal division, Place 2, since January 18, 2021; presiding judge of the Birmingham Division drug court¹²
• Private law practice; deputy public defender; assistant city attorney¹
• Special Circuit Court Judge in family and criminal court and Daily Master in domestic relations court, Birmingham Division¹
• B.S., University of Northern Colorado; J.D., University of Denver College of Law¹
• Elected in the November 3, 2020 general election, running without a major party opponent, and assumed office January 18, 2021²³.