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 2008 / Active

Nancy J. Lichtenstein

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

Nancy J. Lichtenstein is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, serving since 2008. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1962 · age 64
Tenure: Since 2008 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	Colorado Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Northwestern State University of Louisiana
University of Denver

Judicial Record

In our data, Lichtenstein authored 50 published opinions for the court (2008–2017), plus 3 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: People v. Henry (579 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. 36 of these were attributed to Lichtenstein 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
2013	People v. Henry†	362 P.3d 1084	579
2012	People v. Howe†	292 P.3d 1186	321
2011	Maehal Enterprises, Inc. v. Thunder Mountain Custom Cycles, Inc.†	313 P.3d 584	316
2010	People v. Bowerman· Dissent†	258 P.3d 314	191
2009	People ex rel. N.D.V.· Dissent†	224 P.3d 410	44
2010	People v. Gardner	250 P.3d 1262	32
2010	People v. Price	240 P.3d 557	25
2008	Kearl v. Portage Environmental, Inc.	205 P.3d 496	24
2009	Dubois v. Abrahamson	214 P.3d 586	18
2013	People v. Osorio-Bahena†	312 P.3d 247	17
2014	First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.†	320 P.3d 406	16
2016	Grippin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.†	2016 COA 127	15
2013	Premier Members Federal Credit Union v. Block†	312 P.3d 276	15
2015	People v. Trujillo†	369 P.3d 693	13
2015	People v. Martinez· Concurrence†	378 P.3d 761	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 54 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 Nancy J. Lichtenstein on?: Nancy J. Lichtenstein is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Sources

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18 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).