How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Colorado Court of Appeals / Joined 2006 / Active

David Furman

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

David Furman is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, serving since 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Colorado Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Wheaton College

Judicial Record

In our data, Furman authored 82 published opinions for the court (2006–2018), plus 3 dissents and 8 concurrences. Most cited: People v. Phillips (855 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 52 of these were attributed to Furman by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2012	People v. Phillips†	315 P.3d 136	855
2015	People In the Interest of A.W., a Child, and Concerning A†	2015 COA 144	487
2008	In Re Marriage of Cyr and Kay	186 P.3d 88	347
2007	In Re the Marriage of Sorensen	166 P.3d 254	317
2014	People ex rel. S.N.†	338 P.3d 508	202
2013	People v. Fair†	312 P.3d 242	168
2008	In Re the Marriage of Schmedeman	190 P.3d 788	157
2007	Villalpando v. Denver Health & Hospital Authority	181 P.3d 357	58
2013	People v. Smoots· Concurrence†	396 P.3d 53	57
2010	Wycoff v. Grace Community Church of the Assemblies of God· Dissent†	251 P.3d 1260	49
2006	People v. Bass	155 P.3d 547	30
2013	Colorado Ethics Watch v. Gessler†	363 P.3d 727	29
2007	Kreft v. Adolph Coors Co.	170 P.3d 854	26
2006	Salazar v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.	148 P.3d 278	24
2008	Benuishis v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State	195 P.3d 1142	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 93 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Colorado Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is David Furman on?: David Furman is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Sources

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20 years on the Colorado Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).