Elizabeth House Moulton Brodsky

Elizabeth House Moulton Brodsky was appointed to the Boulder County Court in 2015, after serving as a magistrate on the Boulder District Court bench from 2011 to 2015. She presides over criminal, misdemeanor, traffic, civil and small claims matters.

Before the bench she was managing attorney of Boulder County Legal Services, represented parents in dependency and neglect matters and served as a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children. She directs the Boulder County Court internship and externship program, teaches the judicial externship seminar at the University of Colorado Law School and is the county court bench liaison to the Boulder County Bar Association Professionalism Committee. Voters retained her in 2022 with 82.05 percent of the votes cast on the question: 91,945 yes and 20,109 no.

The Twentieth Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 10 to 0 that she meets performance standards. Along with observing her in court, it interviewed the current and former chief judge, the district attorney and a representative of the Boulder defense bar.

The commission writes that she "brings a great deal of discipline, preparation, compassion, and patience to the judicial role." It lists as notable her Spanish-language skills, "her attentiveness to the stressful experience of appearing in court for litigants, her thoroughness, her passion for service, and her mentorship roles". It adds that she "demonstrates a command of the substantive knowledge required to effectively serve as a judge, as well as a calm and steady control over her docket and courtroom proceedings."