Sueanna P. Johnson

Sueanna P. Johnson
Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals
Assumed office
February 13, 2020
Appointed byJared Polis
Personal details
Born1975 (age 50–51)
EducationColorado College (BA)
University of Colorado at Boulder (JD)

Sueanna P. Johnson (born 1975)[1] is a Judge of the Colorado Court of Appeals.

Education and career

Johnson attended Colorado College, studying abroad at the University of Manchester[1] and graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1997. She then earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2003.[2][3]

While at law school, Johnson clerked for judge John Coughlin at the Denver District Court. After graduating with her JD, she joined the office of the Colorado Attorney General, becoming a Senior Assistant Attorney General in 2017.[1] She left the office upon being appointed by Governor Jared Polis to the state Court of Appeals.[4]

Johnson took office on February 13, 2020, and subsequently won election to a full eight-year term on November 8, 2022.[5]

Personal life

Johnson was born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea. She was adopted by parents from Colorado and brought to the United States at the age of three. She is a person with both albinism and visual impairment.[3][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sueanna P. Johnson". CBA-CLE. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Sueanna P. Johnson". Colorado Judicial Branch. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Ep. 45 - Judge Anita Schutte and Judge Sueanna Johnson". Rev. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Governor Polis appoints new Court of Appeals judges". Kiowa County Press. 6 December 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sueanna Johnson". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 28 February 2026.