Judge Amanda C. Hopkins
Judge · 12th Judicial District, Colorado · 8955 Independence Way, Alamosa, CO 81101
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Judge Hopkins graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in international political economy. She earned her law degree from Seattle University in 2006. Before joining the bench, she worked for the Alamosa Office of the State Public Defender and became its managing deputy public defender in 2011.
She was appointed a District Court judge in 2018 and named Chief Judge of the 12th Judicial District in 2023. She hears civil, domestic relations, juvenile, criminal and water cases throughout the San Luis Valley.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 6-0); 2020: meets performance standards. On the bench since 2018.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 5 of 135 attorneys invited by email answered; 2 of 49 non-attorneys invited by email answered; the judicial district has 46,108 residents (2020 Census). State survey report.
Colorado Court of Appeals decisions on this judge’s rulings announced since June 2023: 10 (9 affirmed, 1 vacated).