| Dina M. Christiansen named new magistrate in Eighth Judicial District |
Friday, September 6, 2019
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – Dina M. Christiansen has been appointed as a magistrate for the Eighth Judicial District (Jackson and Larimer counties) to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Magistrate John A. Jostad, effective Sept. 30, 2019.
Chief Judge Stephen E. Howard selected Christiansen from among the nominees submitted by the Eighth Judicial District Nominating Commission. She will take the bench Oct. 1, 2019, and her docket will include a variety of family law matters.
Christiansen received her law degree from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Utah. She began her law practice in Greeley, becoming a partner with the law firm of Wabeke, Brummet, Johnson & Christiansen. For the past 12 years, her practice has focused largely on domestic relations law, most recently with her firm of The Christiansen Law Firm LLC in Fort Collins.