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Maria Berkenkotter

Supreme Court Justice

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $300,997 on their latest disclosure with entries: the top of each range they selected, added up (the form asks for ranges, not amounts; a range with no top counts at its figure).

StatementFiledWhat it lists
2026
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court		2026-01-143 income sources, 6 assets, 2 colorado property, 3 debts
2025
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court		2025-01-026 income sources, 5 assets, 1 colorado property, 3 debts
2024
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court		2024-01-096 income sources, 1 colorado property, 1 state-regulated businesses, 4 debts

Findings

Context Late or missing

Their 2026 annual disclosure is dated January 14, 2026, after the January 10 deadline

As a judge, they file a disclosure by January 10 each year (January 10, 2026 was a Saturday, so we count January 12, 2026 as on time). The first we found for 2026 in TRACER's Document Search is dated January 14, 2026, 2 days after the deadline.

What to check
  • Whether they took office after January 10 that year (an appointment or a new judgeship).
  • The document's date in TRACER is the date it was received or entered.
Rule: An annual disclosure after January 10, or none found
“The following state officials must file a PFD by January 10th each year 24-6-202(1), C.R.S.”Form CPF-13 (Rev. 06/2026), instructions: Annual Filing Requirements ✓ quoted from the saved copy · how this rule works

Context Errors in the record

2 errors in their public record: a gift report error

We found these in the records as filed or as TRACER lists them, and read each as meant (shown here so anyone can check the reading): The same gift from Tenth Circuit Court Of Appeals ($58, received 2024-09-06) is on 2 of their gift reports (filed 2025-01-03, 2025-01-07); we count it once. The same gift from Tenth Circuit Court Of Appeals ($283, received 2024-09-06) is on 2 of their gift reports (filed 2025-01-03, 2025-01-07); we count it once.

What to check
  • The original filing in TRACER for each one.
  • These don't change what we show: we use the amount, name or date as meant.
Rule: Errors in the record

How this rule works

Gifts they reported

What Maria Berkenkotter listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $5,629 across 12 items from 9 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

FromWhat, whenValue
NATIONAL JUDICIAL COLLEGE - DIVIDING THE WATERS
$2,391 in all		CORRECTED AMOUNT FOR DIVIDING THE WATERS CONFERENCE - UPDATE REPORT FILED 10/15/25 · 2025-09-24$1,451
REGISTRATION AND LODGING AT THE DIVIDING THE WATERS CONFERENCE - A WATER LAW CONF FOR JUDICIAL OFFICERS FROM ACROSS THE WESTERN US · 2025-09-24$940
STANFORD PROGRAM IN LAW, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY’S JUDICIAL INSTITUTE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
$1,350 in all		HOTEL AND MEALS · 2026-03-06$1,350
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS
$804 in all		REIMBURSED MY AIRFARE AND LODGING EXPENSES FOR THE MAY 2-5, 2024 NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS MEETING · 2024-06-11$803.57
TENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
$341 in all		SPEAKER GIFT (FOR SPEAKING AT TENTH CIRCUIT BENCH BAR CONFERENCE · 2024-09-06$58
ONE NIGHT LODGING AT THE TENTH CIRCUIT BENCH BAR CONFERENCE · 2024-09-06$283
TENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS BENCH BAR CONFERENCE
$341 in all		A NAMBE VASE AS A THANK YOU GIFT FOR SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE. · 2024-09-06$58
ONE NIGHT'S LODGING AT THE CONFERENCE · 2024-09-06$283
CU LAW - AMENDED
$124 in all		GROUP DINNER FOLLOWING THE JOHN PAUL STEVENS LECTURE BY JUDGE HIGGINSON (5TH CIR.) AT CU LAW · 2024-10-24$123.86
CU LAW
$115 in all		GROUP DINNER FOLLOWING THE JOHN PAUL STEVENS LECTURE BY JUDGE HIGGINSON (5TH CIR) AT CU LAW · 2024-10-24$115
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS
$99 in all		I REPORTED THIS LAST QUARTER AS WELL, THOUGH 10/3 FALLS IN THIS REPORTING PERIOD. AAML DINNER HONORING JUDGE TERRY FOX. · 2023-10-03$99
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS
$65 in all		ANNUAL JUDGES DINNER · 2015-10-07$65

From the reports in TRACER (search them: Gifts and Honoraria Report). Officials file one each quarter in which they receive a reportable item (C.R.S. 24-6-203).