Regina M. Rodriguez
USDC for the District of Colorado
Honorable Regina M. Rodriguez is the newest member of the Colorado federal district court bench. She was confirmed by the US Senate in June, 2021 and appointed by President Biden to the federal district court bench on July 1, 2021. Judge Rodriguez is a 1988 graduate of the University of Colorado School of Law, and she practiced as a trial attorney here in her home state of Colorado for over 30 years before joining the bench. She began her practice in a boutique litigation firm, Cooper & Kelley, where she tried many cases. She then spent 8 years at the US Attorney’s Office in the civil division where she ultimately became the chief of the civil division. She was the first Latina and first Asian civil chief. In 2002 she left the USAO for private practice where she spent 19 years as a partner in several national law firms: Faegre & Benson, Hogan Lovells, and most recently Wilmer Hale.
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