The Colorado Court of Appeals does not have any internal subject-matter divisions, and it does not have "en banc" review of panel decisions as the federal United States courts of appeals do.
The court is based in Denver, but is authorized to sit in any county seat to hear cases.
This court also has many others employees including support staff, secretaries, law clerks, reporters, and attorneys.
The Colorado Court of Appeals has heard more than 100 appellate cases each year since 2012.
In the past two decades the state's Court of Appeals has experienced a dramatic increase in both caseload volume and delay.
[citation needed] The Colorado Court of Appeals, located in Denver, has 22 judges.
[5] The judges serve eight-year terms and are subject to retention elections.
Each judge has a separate chambers located in the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center.