Judge Michael W.V. Angel
Judge · Denver District Court, Colorado · 2 East 14th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203
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Judge Angel received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law. Before becoming a judge, he worked for a non-profit representing low-income and indigent clients, practiced federal criminal defense, and worked as a deputy district attorney in rural and metro jurisdictions.
He then served as a Magistrate Judge in Adams County, in the Seventeenth Judicial District. He was appointed to the Denver District Court in July 2024, where he presides over criminal matters.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 10-0). On the bench since 2024.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 12 of 346 attorneys invited by email answered; 13 of 1520 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: 4 (4 affirmed).