Kolony L. Fields

Kolony L. Fields was appointed to the Douglas County Court in December 2019. She hears civil, misdemeanor and traffic cases. Voters retained her in 2022 with 72.16 percent of the votes cast on the question: 100,600 yes and 38,809 no.

She began her career in the Office of the State Public Defender in Golden, where she worked until 2011, and was a district court magistrate in Jefferson County from 2011 to 2019. She has volunteered in mock trial competitions and takes part in the Colorado Judicial Branch's Peer-to-Peer program, which supports judicial officers across the state. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1999 and her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2004.

The Twenty-Third Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 7 to 0 that she meets performance standards, with one commissioner absent and two vacancies on the commission. Twenty-six people responded to the commission's surveys. Of the attorneys, 89 percent said she meets performance standards, as did 86 percent of the non-attorneys.

The commission writes that Judge Fields "scored higher than average for Douglas County Judges and demonstrated strong ratings in performance areas for fairness, demeanor, diligence, communications, case management, and application and knowledge of law." It reports that "Fairness, dignity, respect, and communication skills were among Judge Fields’s highest ranked categories" and that comments about her "mention her respectful demeanor to parties and her ability to care."