Chelsea Malone

Chelsea Malone was appointed to the Denver County Court in 2016. Voters retained her in 2022 with 80.0 percent of the votes cast on the question: 154,468 yes and 38,629 no.

She began her legal career as a deputy public defender, representing clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies at every level, and later specialized in criminal defense as a solo practitioner. She sits on the board of the Asian-Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wyoming and her law degree from the University of Denver.

The Denver County Court Commission on Judicial Performance voted 5 to 0 that she meets performance standards. It writes that "Judge Malone is known for her outstanding understanding of the law, is knowledgeable about procedure and runs a disciplined courtroom." The commission reports that she holds herself and others to high standards and that "she arrives to court well prepared and asks others to do the same." It calls her intelligence "an asset to the statewide court system."