Judge Bruce R. Raaum
Judge · Mesa County, Colorado · 200 S. Spruce Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501
Mesa County. 1 rating so far from people who were in the courtroom. Read what they said, or add yours: anonymous, 30 seconds.
Judge Raaum received an undergraduate degree in history and political science from North Dakota State University in 1989 and a law degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1992. After law school he worked in private practice in Mesa County, handling civil, criminal and juvenile law. He also served as a court-appointed guardian ad litem for children.
Governor Bill Owens appointed him a Mesa County judge.
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State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 8-0); 2022: meets performance standards (vote 9-0); 2018: meets performance standards.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 8 of 278 attorneys invited by email answered; 7 of 506 non-attorneys invited by email answered; the judicial district has 155,703 residents (2020 Census). State survey report.
We searched the Colorado Court of Appeals’ weekly announcements from June 1, 2023 to October 22, 2026 and found no decisions on this judge’s rulings. This is not a grade: only appealed rulings appear in those announcements, and a judge with few appealable rulings, or one appointed recently, will often have none.