DENVER - On May 7, 2025, Governor Polis appointed Michal A. Lord-Blegen to the 17th Judicial District Court. The appointment fills the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of the Honorable Rayna Gokli. The appointment is effective June 7, 2025. 

Ms. Lord-Blegen is a Magistrate in the Seventeenth Judicial District, a position she has held since 2020. Her docket consists of juvenile matters. Previously, she was a Magistrate in the Second Judicial District (2016-2020); Managing Partner at Wohl Stetler Lord-Blegen, PLLC (2012-2016); Sole Practitioner at Michal Lord-Blegen (2010-2012); and Associate Attorney at Mitch Baker (2010-2011). Ms. Lord-Blegen earned her B.A. from Hood College in 1990, and her J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2009.