Judge Michelle Chostner
Judge · Pueblo County, Colorado · 501 N. Elizabeth Street, Pueblo, CO 81003
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Judge Chostner received her bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2004 and her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2008. After law school she worked at the Adams, Arapahoe and Pueblo District Attorney's Offices and was promoted to Senior Deputy District Attorney.
In 2021 she was appointed a Magistrate in Pueblo, where she handled truancy, civil and probate matters. She was appointed to the Pueblo County District Court bench in March 2023. She presides over a domestic relations docket and a civil docket in the Tenth Judicial District.
State evaluation (Colorado Commission on Judicial Performance): 2026: meets performance standards (vote 10-0). On the bench since 2023.
State survey for the 2026 evaluation (run by Market Decisions Research): 13 of 323 attorneys invited by email answered; 15 of 424 non-attorneys invited by email answered; the judicial district has 168,162 residents (2020 Census). State survey report.
Colorado Court of Appeals decisions on this judge’s rulings announced since June 2023: 4 (4 affirmed).