Jacob A. Edson

Governor Jared Polis appointed Jacob A. Edson to the bench on July 1, 2023. He sits on the Eighteenth Judicial District Court. Before his appointment he was a deputy, senior deputy and chief deputy district attorney in the Eighteenth Judicial District and a magistrate in the district.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University in 1997, a master of business administration there in 1999, a law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2002 and a master of criminal justice from the University of Colorado-Denver in 2012. He has coached high school mock trial and for two decades has served as a presiding judge or scoring panelist for high school mock trials in Arapahoe County. He has been a member of the Colorado Bar Association, the Arapahoe County Bar Association and the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Inn of Court.

The Eighteenth Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 8 to 0 that he meets performance standards, with one member absent and one vacancy on the commission. The commission writes that Judge Edson "has received praise for his demeanor, application of the law, communications and case management", that he "is described as calm, diligent, kind, courteous and respectful" and that his "knowledge base is well above average." It reports that attorneys and non-attorneys who answered its surveys, "although low in response numbers, found no performance issues in any performance criteria."

The commission also notes that "a limited handful of respondents shared that Judge Edson’s records at times are a little lengthy" and that his surveys show "he is viewed as thorough, hard-working, and unbiased."