Judge Kandace C. Gerdes
Judge · Denver District Court, Colorado · 2 East 14th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203
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Judge Gerdes earned her undergraduate degree and her law degree at Creighton University. She also holds a master of laws (LL.M.) degree from the University of Denver. She worked in private practice. She was also a Deputy District Attorney in Denver, assigned to the economic crime and grand jury units and to several task forces.
Governor Hickenlooper appointed her in November 2013. She now presides over a criminal docket. Earlier she presided over a civil docket.
Appointed by Governor Hickenlooper in 2013.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2022: meets performance standards (vote 9-0); 2016: retain. On the bench since 2013.
State survey for the 2022 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 24 of 194 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: 39 (30 affirmed, 6 affirmed in part, reversed in part, 3 reversed).