Marcia Smith Krieger (born March 3, 1954) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Marcia S. Krieger
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Born 1954 in Denver, CO
FJC ID: 2914
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
Colorado District Court · 2002–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Adjunct lecturer · 1999–2001- Private practice, Colorado1976–1994
Appointments
2002–2019 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1979- Lewis and Clark CollegeB.A. · 1975