Judge Elizabeth D. Leith
Judge · Denver Probate Court, Colorado · 1437 Bannock Street Room 230, Denver, CO 80202
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Judge Leith earned her undergraduate degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver and her law degree at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. She worked as a Deputy District Attorney in El Paso and Teller Counties and as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Denver. She then served as a Magistrate Judge in Denver District Court.
Governor Hickenlooper appointed her to the Denver Probate Court in July 2011 as its Presiding Judge. She presides over matters in the Denver Probate Court.
Appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in 2011.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 10-0); 2020: meets performance standards (vote 10-0). On the bench since 2011.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 35 of 550 attorneys invited by email answered; 8 of 266 non-attorneys invited by email answered; the judicial district has 715,522 residents (2020 Census). State survey report.
Colorado Court of Appeals decisions on this judge’s rulings announced since June 2023: 18 (17 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, reversed in part).