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Susan Blanco

District Court Judge

Personal Financial Disclosures

Income listed: up to $419,995; debts: up to $1,034,997 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).

Statement	Filed	What it lists
2026 Annual District Court Judge	2026-01-08	5 income sources, 3 compensated lobbying, 6 colorado property, 2 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 3 debts
2025 Annual District Court Judge	2025-01-03	4 income sources, 1 compensated lobbying, 1 assets, 3 colorado property, 2 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 5 debts
2024 District Court Judge	2024-06-30	3 income sources, 2 compensated lobbying, 2 colorado property, 1 offices and directorships, 1 state-regulated businesses, 3 debts

Findings

Context Errors in the record

1 error 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 Duke University ($70,000, received 2024-05-18) is on 2 of their gift reports (filed 2024-04-08, 2024-07-01); 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 Susan Blanco listed on their quarterly reports of gifts, honoraria and other benefits since 2024: $103,611 across 16 items from 12 sources. Givers who are clients of a registered lobbyist are marked.

From	What, when	Value
DUKE UNIVERSITY $70,000 in all	SCHOLARSHIP TO EARN MASTER IN LAW (LLM) THAT INCLUDES MY TUITION, MATERIALS, HOUSING, FLIGHT · 2024-05-18	$70,000
COLORADO JUDICIAL INSTITUTE $11,999 in all	SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND HARVARD LAW LEADERSHIP TRAINING · 2026-07-13	$5,000
COLORADO JUDICIAL INSTITUTE $11,999 in all	SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND HARVARD LAW LEADERSHIP PROGRAM · 2026-03-25	$6,999
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF LAW $6,000 in all	TAUGHT AT THE LAW SCHOOL AS AN ADJUNCT FOR THE FALL SEMESTER · 2025-12-15	$6,000
CU LAW SCHOOL $5,000 in all	TEACHING FALL SEMESTER MOTIONS PRACTICE-- THIS AMOUNT IS PAID FOR AUGUST THROUGH DECEMBER TEACHING. · 2025-09-01	$5,000
TULANE $4,000 in all	HOTEL, AIRFARE, AND PAYMENT FOR PRESENTING AT THE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE JUDICIAL EDUCATION SEMINAR · 2026-01-16	$4,000
IRANIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION $2,437 in all	HOTEL STAY FOR FOUR NIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY TO RECEIVE AN AWARD FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION. · 2026-09-17	$2,000
IRANIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION $2,437 in all	SPEAKER AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE- COVERED AIRFARE AND ONE NIGHT OF LODGING · 2024-04-20	$437.49
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO $1,000 in all · lobbyist's client	I AM BEING COMPENSATED AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT THE LAW SCHOOL. THOUGH I HAVE NOT BEEN PAID YET, I EARN ABOUT $1000 MONTHLY FOR THREE MONTHS. · 2024-09-01	$1,000
COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION $940 in all · lobbyist's client	THE COLORADO APPELLATE HANDBOOK · 2026-01-13	$400
	LODGING FOR ONE EVENING DURING A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE I CHAIR. · 2025-02-14	$200
	AIRFARE TO TEACH COBALT IN COLORADO SPRINGS · 2024-02-01	$339.80
COLORADO CIVIL DEFENSE LAWYER'S ASSOCIATION $700 in all	I AM GUESSING THE AMOUNT FOR TWO NIGHTS OF LODGING AND I PRESENTED AT THEIR CONFERENCE TWO TIMES. · 2024-08-04	$700
COLORADO CIVIL DEFENSE LAWYER ASSOCIATION $635 in all	THEY PROVIDED TWO EVENINGS AT HOTEL TO PRESENT ON A PANEL ON EXPERT WITNESSES AT THEIR CONFERENCE · 2025-08-01	$635
COLORADO CIVIL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION $600 in all	FOOD AND HOTEL FOR TWO NIGHTS TO PRESENT ON A PANEL OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS AT CONFERENCE · 2026-07-31	$600
9TH BAR ASSOCIATION $300 in all	ONE NIGHT HOTEL STAY TO PRESENT TO THE BAR ASSOCIATION IN BASALT · 2026-09-15	$300

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).