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Isabel Pallares

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Isabel Pallares
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Denver County Court
Tenure
2017 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
8

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Appointed
August 25, 2017
Education
Law
University of Colorado School of Law

Isabel Pallares is a judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. Pallares assumed office on November 2, 2017. Pallares' current term ends on January 9, 2029.

Pallares ran for re-election for judge of the Denver County Court in Colorado. Pallares won in the retention election on November 5, 2024.

Pallares was appointed to the Denver County Court by Mayor Michael B. Hancock.[1]

Biography

Education

Pallares earned an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Boston University. She earned a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law.[1]

Career

Pallares' career experience includes working as a casenote and comment editor with the Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law & Policy, as an assistant editor with the Chinese Journal of International Law, as a judicial intern with federal district judge Daniel Sparr of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, as a judicial law clerk with Judge Michael A. Martinez of the 2nd District Court in Colorado.[1]

Pallares has served as a chief deputy district attorney, as a deputy district attorney, and as a senior deputy district attorney in Denver, Colorado.[1]

Pallares has been affiliated with the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Colorado, the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, the Colorado Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Bar Association, the Colorado Women’s Bar Association, the Sam Cary Bar Association, and the South Asian Bar Association of Colorado.[1]

Elections

2024

See also:  City elections in Denver, Colorado (2024)

Denver County Court

Isabel Pallares was retained to the Denver County Court on November 5, 2024 with 76.6% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
76.6
 
188,800
No
 
23.4
 
57,584
Total Votes
246,384


Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pallares in this election.

2020

Denver County Court, Pallares' seat

Isabel Pallares was retained to the Denver County Court on November 3, 2020 with 71.9% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
71.9
 
218,050
No
 
28.1
 
85,293
Total Votes
303,343


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Isabel Pallares did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Isabel Pallares did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

See also


External links

Footnotes