Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

Pax Moultrie was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in January 2024 and is standing for retention for the first time on Nov. 3, 2026¹². Before that she was a district court judge in Denver Juvenile Court and a magistrate in the 1st Judicial District². She began her career as a law clerk in the 1st Judicial District and then clerked for the Colorado Supreme Court².

• Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals, since January 2024²
• District court judge, Denver Juvenile Court, presiding over dependency and neglect, juvenile delinquency and adoption cases; magistrate, 1st Judicial District²
• Represented county human services departments in dependency and neglect and juvenile delinquency cases; law clerk in the 1st Judicial District and for the Colorado Supreme Court²
• Washington University in St. Louis and University of Denver Sturm College of Law²
• Appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in January 2024; this is her first retention election².
• Bar poll: Colorado Office of Judicial Performance Evaluation 2026 finding (an official state commission evaluation, not an endorsement). Recommendation: "Meets Performance Standards." As published: the State Commission on Judicial Performance "unanimously finds by a vote of 9-0, with one commission absence and one commission vacancy, that Judge Pax Moultrie MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS".
• Public discipline: Searched the Colorado Commission on Judicial Discipline's public Determination Database on 2026-10-06 (20 public determinations, 1984 to 2025) and its list of public court filings: no determination or filing names this judge. Discipline short of a public proceeding is confidential and is not listed by name.³