Jaclyn Casey Brown

Judge Jaclyn Casey Brown was appointed to the Colorado Court of Appeals in June 2019.  From 2016 - 2019, Judge Brown served as a District Court Judge in the 17th Judicial District (Adams and Broomfield Counties) where she presided over domestic relations and civil matters.  Before being appointed to the bench, Judge Brown was a litigation partner in the Denver office of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP, where she litigated complex matters in several states.  Her areas of practice included complex commercial litigation, real estate, construction, and eminent domain matters, as well as appeals in both state and federal courts.  Judge Brown obtained her law degree from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis, Order of the Coif, and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Summa Cum Laude.  

Judge Brown helped found the Java with Judges micro-mentoring and networking program.  She coaches other judicial officers in the Judicial Peer to Peer Coaching Program and mentors law students and young lawyers through the Colorado Attorney Mentoring Program.  She also serves on several judicial department and court of appeals committees, workgroups, and initiatives.  Judge Brown is a member of the National Association of Women Judges and the Colorado, Denver, Adams Broomfield, Fremont Custer, Heart of the Rockies, Colorado Women’s, and Colorado LGBT Bar Associations.