William J. Martinez
US District Court D-CO
Honorable William J. Martinez was born in México and immigrated with his family to this countryas a young boy. The first member of his family to go to college, he earned B.S. and B.A.degrees from the University of Illinois, and his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago. Before his appointment to the federal bench Judge Martínez had a diverse careeras a civil litigator. He began his legal work as a Legal Services attorney in Chicago; hewas a litigator with the Denver law firm of Pendleton, Freidberg, Wilson & Hennessey; he has served as Regional Attorney of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;he was a sole practitioner; and later partner of his own employment and civil rights law firmof McNamara, Roseman, Martínez & Kazmierski LLP. In February 2010 Judge Martínez was nominated by President Barack Obama to be a United States District Judge, and he joined the federal district court bench in Denver in February 2011.
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