Confirmed

Professionally Diverse

Gordon Gallagher

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

NominatedSeptember 2, 2022

ConfirmedMarch 22, 2023

  • Judge Gordon Gallagher was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado on March 22, 2023.

  • Previously, Gallagher served as a part–time Magistrate Judge for the District of Colorado in Grand Junction, a role he has had since 2012. He also has his own criminal defense practice focused on state court proceedings, which he has led since 2000.

  • Gallagher previously served as a Deputy District Attorney for the Mesa County, Colorado District Attorney’s Office from 1997 to 2000.

  • From 1996 to 1997, Gallagher was an associate at Underhill and Underhill P.C. in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

  • Gallagher received his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1996 and his B.A. from Macalester College in 1991.