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 2012 / Active

Stephanie Dunn

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

Stephanie Dunn is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Colorado Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

University of Colorado Boulder
University of Denver

Judicial Record

In our data, Dunn authored 20 published opinions for the court (2013–2019), plus 2 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: People v. Herrera (413 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. 23 of these were attributed to Dunn 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
2014	People v. Herrera†	343 P.3d 1012	413
2014	Dawson v. Executive Director of Colorado Department of Corrections†	345 P.3d 969	185
2013	In re the Parental Responsibilities of A.R.L.†	318 P.3d 581	179
2015	Rags Over the Arkansas River, Inc. v. Colorado Parks & Wildlife Board†	360 P.3d 186	108
2014	People v. Nozolino†	350 P.3d 940	11
2014	Maralex Resources, Inc. v. Chamberlain†	320 P.3d 399	9
2013	Ruiz v. Hope for Children, Inc.†	352 P.3d 983	9
2017	Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.†	399 P.3d 771	8
2013	People v. Ridgeway†	307 P.3d 126	8
2013	Chostner v. Colorado Water Quality Control Commission†	327 P.3d 290	7
2016	Wibby v. Boulder County Board of County Commissioners†	2016 COA 104	5
2015	People v. Naranjo†	405 P.3d 279	2
2017	In re Tozer†	410 P.3d 835	1
2014	Colorado Motor Vehicle Dealer Board v. Freeman· Dissent†	383 P.3d 688	1
2014	Reno v. Marks· Dissent†	353 P.3d 866	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 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 Stephanie Dunn on?: Stephanie Dunn is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Sources

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13 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).