Colorado § 13-93-107 - Judge not to act as attorney.
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§ 13-93-107. Judge not to act as attorney.
It is unlawful for judges of the district, county, and municipal courts to counsel or advise in or write any petition or answer or other pleadings in any proceeding, or to perform any service as attorney- or counselor-at-law, or to be interested in any profits or emoluments arising out of any practice in any of said courts, except costs in their own courts; except that county judges in counties of such classes as may be specified by the laws relating to county courts, if licensed attorneys, may practice in courts other than the county court and in matters that have not come before the county court; and further, municipal judges, if licensed attorneys, may practice in courts other than the municipal court and in matters that have not come before the municipal court.
Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-227), ch. 192, p. 699, § 1, effective August 9.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-5-110 as it existed prior to 2017.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 13-93-107 is similar to former § 12-5-110 and laws antecedent to that section, relevant cases construing those provisions have been included in the annotations to this section.
The appearance of a judge for one of the parties in an election contest before the general assembly is not a violation of this section. Such appearance does not constitute practicing law. People ex rel. Colo. Bar Ass'n v. Class, 70 Colo. 381, 201 P. 883 (1921); People ex rel. Colo. Bar Ass'n v. Class, 70 Colo. 381, 201 P. 883 (1921).
Judges may not express opinions on legal questions not judicially before them, in view of this section. Laizure v. Baker, 91 Colo. 292, 14 P.2d 486 (1932).
This section was not repealed by the declaratory judgment act. Gabriel v. Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Colo., 83 Colo. 582, 267 P. 407 (1928); City & County of Denver v. Lynch, 92 Colo. 102, 18 P.2d 907 (1932).
The trial court judge of a criminal action is in no sense a proper party to an appeal of the criminal action to the supreme court of Colorado. People v. Hopkins, 70 Colo. 163, 197 P. 1020 (1921).
The brief submitted by such judge is considered by the court solely as amicus curiae. People v. Hopkins, 70 Colo. 163, 197 P. 1020 (1921).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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