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

Steve Bernard

Judge, Colorado Court of Appeals

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

Born: 1952 · age 74
Tenure: Since 2006 · 20 yrs

Judicial service

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

Education

University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder

Judicial Record

In our data, Bernard authored 118 published opinions for the court (2006–2018), plus 5 dissents and 15 concurrences. Most cited: In re the Marriage of Nelson (1,592 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. 78 of these were attributed to Bernard 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	In re the Marriage of Nelson· Dissent†	292 P.3d 1214	1,592
2012	In re Parental Responsibilities Concerning B.R.D.†	280 P.3d 78	1,455
2006	People v. Collier	151 P.3d 668	984
2010	People v. Everett	250 P.3d 649	843
2013	People v. Wilson†	318 P.3d 538	654
2013	People v. Torrez†	316 P.3d 25	550
2007	In Re the Marriage of Nevarez	170 P.3d 808	532
2014	People v. Calderon· Dissent†	356 P.3d 993	522
2009	Harris Group, Inc. v. Robinson	209 P.3d 1188	520
2007	In Re the Marriage of Rodrick	176 P.3d 806	367
2008	Affordable Country Homes, LLC v. Smith· Concurrence†	194 P.3d 511	324
2007	People v. Crespi	155 P.3d 570	324
2007	People v. Mintz	165 P.3d 829	204
2013	People v. Jenkins†	305 P.3d 420	197
2006	Stokes v. Denver Newspaper Agency, LLP	159 P.3d 691	197

Showing the 15 most-cited of 138 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 Steve Bernard on?: Steve Bernard 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).