Jury Pool Research in Colorado

01Source lists

Where Colorado Jurors Come From

Colorado compiles its master juror list under C.R.S. § 13-71-107 from county voter registration lists supplied by the Secretary of State, licensed driver records from the Department of Revenue and, when needed, other resident lists obtained by the state court administrator. That mix means the panel reflects registered voters and licensed drivers, including people who moved recently and are hard to place or keep addresses in two counties. Address history therefore matters when we confirm that a panel name belongs to the right person, a skill our locate specialists use daily.

Each of Colorado's 64 counties has a district court organized into 23 judicial districts, and the newest, the 23rd, took Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties out of the 18th on January 14, 2025. A Douglas County trial now draws from a different district structure than an Arapahoe trial, even though Aurora and Littleton straddle both. We confirm the venue county for every case before research starts, and our Castle Rock investigators know the Douglas County Courthouse setting well.

02Ethics first

Ethical Limits on Juror Research in Colorado

Colo. RPC 3.5(b) bars ex parte communication with jurors and prospective jurors unless law or court order allows it. The Colorado Bar Association's Formal Opinion 127, adopted in September 2015, applies that rule online: viewing the public portion of a profile is not a communication, but sending a friend or follow request to see restricted content is, whether the lawyer or an agent sends it. Because our investigators act as counsel's agents, we follow the same rule. Our Colorado guide to investigator limits covers related boundaries.

The opinion also notes that an automatic notice from a platform telling someone their profile was viewed is generally not a communication by the lawyer, although repeated viewing meant to trigger notices could raise harassment concerns under Colo. RPC 4.4(a). We avoid platforms and methods likely to alert a juror. After discharge, Colo. RPC 3.5(c) governs any contact, and a juror's wish not to talk must be respected. When post-trial interviews are permitted, our investigative consulting team plans them with counsel.

• Public content only, no access requests
• No contact with jurors before or during trial
• Methods chosen to avoid viewer notifications
• Post-verdict contact only as Colo. RPC 3.5(c) allows

03Court information

Juror Questionnaires and Colorado Confidentiality Rules

Under C.R.S. § 13-71-115, information on juror questionnaires must be held in confidence by the court, the parties, trial counsel and their agents, except for qualified jurors' names and what is disclosed during jury selection. The questionnaires are not public records, and copies go back to the court for destruction when selection ends. That rule binds us as counsel's agents. We handle any questionnaire data the court releases under strict access controls and return or destroy our working copies as counsel directs, and our compliance audit team applies the same discipline elsewhere.

The practical result is that most profiles rely on names, the venue county and public records rather than questionnaire answers. We report sources for every item and flag any match we could not confirm with two identifiers. Supplemental questionnaires approved by the court in high-profile matters can help, and our felony defense investigators and civil wrongful death team often help counsel decide which public-record questions are worth requesting the court ask.

04What we deliver

What Jury Pool Research in Colorado Includes

A profile summarizes what public records show about each panel member: civil lawsuits as a party, criminal history from Colorado court registers and the CBI's name-based search, professional licenses, business filings with the Secretary of State, property ownership, and public social media themes relevant to the case. For a product liability trial, prior claims against manufacturers matter. For a police misconduct case, ties to law enforcement do. Our Colorado insurance investigations background helps us spot claim history that bears on injury trials.

We do not grade jurors on politics or personal life. Profiles are factual, tied to the issues counsel identifies and organized by seat number so the trial team can use them quickly, the same format our DUI defense investigators use for shorter county court panels. Every entry notes its source and confidence. When a panel member's record suggests a connection to a party, witness or law firm, we flag it at the top. For criminal matters, our misdemeanor defense investigators use a lighter version under the $750 minimum.

• Civil and criminal case history as a party
• Professional licenses and business filings
• Public social media themes tied to the issues
• Connections to parties, witnesses and firms flagged first

05Venue and connections

Small Counties, Shared Connections and Venue Questions

Colorado's smallest counties produce tiny panels. Hinsdale County had an estimated 753 residents in 2025, San Juan 813 and Mineral 910, and many Eastern Plains counties are only slightly larger. In places like that, a juror may coach the defendant's son, buy feed from the plaintiff or attend church with a key witness. We map those relationships through business filings, property records, public social media and local news so counsel can raise them in voir dire. Our Pueblo team supports many southern Colorado venues.

Publicity is the other venue question. When a case has dominated local coverage, we measure how much: article counts, social media reach, comment threads and community fundraising tied to the parties. That record supports a change of venue motion or a request for expanded voir dire. Ski counties along I-70 add their own wrinkle, since seasonal residents may appear on driver lists but not live there in the off-season, and our Grand Junction investigators handle Western Slope venues.

06Court-specific notes

Federal Juries and Denver's Separate Courts

The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado holds trials at the Alfred A. Arraj Courthouse in Denver, and it also lists court locations in Colorado Springs, Grand Junction and Durango. Federal panels draw from a much wider area than a single county, so a Denver federal trial may seat jurors from the plains and the mountains alike. We adjust research to that geography and to any juror information order the court enters. Our Denver investigators coordinate most federal trial support.

Denver is also unusual at the state level. It has four constitutionally separate courts, County, District, Probate and Juvenile, rather than the combined courts used in most counties, and Denver County Court records are administered apart from the state system. A civil trial in Denver District Court therefore needs a slightly different records path than one in the Jefferson Combined Court in Golden. Our Lakewood team handles Jefferson County venues, and Aurora investigators cover the Arapahoe and Adams sides of that city.

07After the verdict

Investigating Possible Juror Misconduct or Nondisclosure

Sometimes the question arises after trial: a juror failed to disclose a lawsuit against the defendant's employer, a prior conviction or a relationship with a witness. Colorado follows a general rule limiting inquiry into deliberations, and the U.S. Supreme Court's 2017 decision in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado, a case from Colorado, recognized an exception for clear statements of racial bias. We focus on verifiable facts outside deliberations, such as what records show a juror concealed. Our appointed counsel support team handles many such questions in criminal cases.

Post-verdict work follows Colo. RPC 3.5(c) and any court order on juror contact. Most of it is records-based: court registers, certified copies, property and business filings, and public posts made during trial that may show outside research or contact. We document each finding with the source, date and how it was obtained so counsel can present it in a motion. When a juror's undisclosed history ties back to a party, our corporate investigations team can trace the connection further.

Services

Jury research services in Colorado

• Venire profilesPublic-record summaries of each panel member, organized by seat and tied to the issues counsel identifies, with sources and confidence noted for every entry.Learn more
• Connection mappingTies between panel members and the parties, witnesses, counsel and their employers, traced through business, property, court and public social media records.Learn more
• Venue publicity reviewMeasured local coverage and social media saturation, organized into an exhibit-ready summary that supports a change of venue or expanded voir dire request.Learn more
• Criminal trial supportJuror research added to felony and misdemeanor defense investigations under the case minimums, coordinated with witness and scene work already underway.Learn more
• Civil trial supportPanel research for injury, employment, commercial and wrongful death trials under the $1,000 civil litigation support minimum and our standard hourly rate.Learn more
• Federal trial researchResearch scaled to the wider geography of District of Colorado panels and to any juror information order the court enters in the case.Learn more
• Post-verdict nondisclosureRecords-based investigation of whether a juror concealed a lawsuit, conviction or relationship during voir dire, documented for a motion by counsel.Learn more
• Witness background researchCredibility research on the other side's witnesses, often paired with venire work so the trial team receives one coordinated set of reports.Learn more
• Trial logistics supportSubpoena service through our Colorado process servers and last-minute witness locates when a trial date moves or a witness stops responding.Learn more

How it works

How jury research works

1. 01

   Scope with counsel

   We review the case issues, venue and court orders with the trial team, agree on the research layers and confirm the price in writing before any panel names are shared.

2. 02

   Prepare in advance

   Before the list arrives, we build issue-specific search plans, review venue publicity and research parties and witnesses so panel research can move quickly once names arrive.

3. 03

   Research the panel

   When counsel shares the names the court releases, we profile each member from public records only, confirming matches with two identifiers and never contacting anyone.

4. 04

   Deliver by seat

   Profiles arrive organized by seat number with connections flagged first, and we return or destroy confidential working copies as the court's rules and counsel require.

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Colorado Jury Research Scenarios and Pricing

Statewide coverage

Jury research across Colorado

We support trial teams in every Colorado judicial district. Metro venues in Denver, Golden, Centennial, Brighton and Castle Rock see the most requests, followed by El Paso County in Colorado Springs, the Larimer County Justice Center in Fort Collins and the Weld County Courthouse in Greeley. Western Slope trials in Grand Junction, Glenwood Springs and Durango and smaller rural venues each get research matched to their size. See the Colorado investigations home page for statewide coverage, or our Alaska investigations overview for other regions.

• Denver
• Colorado Springs
• Castle Rock
• Lakewood
• Pueblo
• Grand Junction
• All of Colorado

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Frequently asked questions

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Investigations available in Colorado

Every service below is available in Colorado and across Colorado, run by the same Delator Group leadership that manages our Tennessee casework. Choose a service to read how it works in Colorado.

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Private investigators across Colorado