Andrew Baum

Andrew Baum was appointed a district court judge on August 1, 2017, and sits on the Twenty-Third Judicial District Court. He hears domestic relations cases and presides over the newly created criminal problem-solving courts in Douglas County, among them sobriety, recovery, wellness and veterans treatment courts. During the current term he also heard civil cases and led the effort to establish the district's newly mandated competency courts. Voters in the Eighteenth Judicial District, then made up of Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties, retained him in 2020 with 66.07 percent of the votes cast on the question: 323,567 yes and 166,152 no.

Before his appointment he was a magistrate from July 2016 to July 2017 and a deputy district attorney in the Denver District Attorney's Office from October 2007 to July 2016. From January 2003 to July 2007 he served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, with two deployments to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division and a year as an appellate attorney in the Army's Government Appellate Division. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from Notre Dame Law School.

The Twenty-Third Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 7 to 0 that he meets performance standards, with one commissioner absent and two vacancies on the commission. Of the 23 attorneys who answered the commission's survey, 75 percent said he meets performance standards; of the 18 non-attorneys, 82 percent did.

The commission writes that "Judge Baum’s demeanor is described as respectful, fair, kind, and just." It adds: "He is always prepared for the cases he hears and applies the law well." In its words, he "is efficient in the courtroom and effectively manages his cases, while giving all parties equal time to be heard."