Candace Werth is a native of Brighton, Colorado, and graduated from Brighton High School in 1985. After high school she attended college at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree with a triple-major in English, Politics and Philosophy in 1989. From there she attended University of Iowa College of Law. After graduating in 1992 with her law degree Candace returned home to take the Colorado Bar Exam. She was sworn in and admitted to the practice of law October 16, 1992.
Candace has been a member of National Junior Honor Society, National Honor Society, Mortar Board Honor Society, and the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity. She was on the Dean’s List at Cornell and graduated with distinction from law school where she was on the Iowa Law Review. She was a director of Trial Advocacy, director of the National Trial Advocacy Team, assistant director of Client Counseling, and social chair of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity.