Dawn Mann

Dawn Mann was appointed to the Huerfano County Court in 2018 and took office in January 2019. Voters retained her in 2022 with 73.79 percent of the votes cast on the question: 2,458 yes and 873 no. She hears civil and criminal matters, including protection orders, evictions, money disputes, traffic cases and misdemeanors.

Before her appointment she was in private practice, focusing on general civil transactions and litigation, including probate court, and she served as a guardian ad litem for children. She earned her law degree at Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1995 and moved to Colorado in 1998.

The Third Judicial District Commission on Judicial Performance voted 8 to 0 that she meets performance standards, with one commissioner absent and one vacancy on the commission. The commission writes that she "receives high marks for treating all courtroom participants with respect and fairness" and that attorneys and self-represented litigants who answered its survey "noted that she is courteous and treats all people in her courtroom with professionalism."

The commission finds her "thorough in her written rulings" and writes that she "carefully applies the law to the cases she presides over." On case management it writes that she "has expressed a continuing commitment to focusing on the timeliness of her orders and improving her case management."