Hon. Dennis McGuire is a judge for the El Paso County Court in Colorado. He was appointed to the bench by Governor Jared Polis on September 17, 2020, filling the vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Karla J. Hansen (Ret.).
Prior to his appointment, McGuire handled a domestic relations docket as a magistrate for the 4th Judicial District since 2015. Before joining the bench, he worked as a supervising deputy state public defender with the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender in Colorado Springs since 2007. McGuire joined the office as a deputy state public defender in 2001.
He received a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 1998. McGuire went on to complete a J.D. at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 2001.