Anna N. Martinez
Martinez Law Colorado LLC
Anna N. Martinez a native Coloradan with roots in the San Luis Valley, is a bilingual trial lawyer who is passionate about representing Spanish-speaking clients. Ms. Martinez's trial experience includes litigation at the county and district court level, as well as appeals before the Colorado Court of Appeals and Colorado Supreme Court. Ms. Martinez earned her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law with a Certificate in Federal Indian Law, and her B.A. from Columbia University in the City of New York. Ms. Martinez is licensed to practice before the state and federal courts of Colorado and New Mexico.
Before opening her own law practice and co-founding Abogadas Colorado, a bilingual attorney network, Ms. Martinez worked at Franklin D. Azar & Associates, representing Spanish-speaking clients in personal injury and insurance bad faith cases. Prior to that, Ms. Martinez worked at a litigation boutique, Ogborn Mihm, LLP, where she practiced primarily in the areas of legal malpractice, business torts, and personal injury. After graduating from law school, Ms. Martinez clerked for the Honorable Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Ms. Martinez is actively involved in the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Spanish Speaking Lawyers Committee, and Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. Ms. Martinez is also a contributing author for CBA-CLE's Lawyers' Professional Liability in Colorado: Preventing Legal Malpractice and Disciplinary Actions. She has also published legal articles in Trial Talk, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association's monthly publication; the Denver University Online Law Review; and the Colorado Bar Association's journal, The Colorado Lawyer.
Finally, Ms. Martinez is very interested in the judiciary, its function in society, and the process by which the state's judges are chosen and retained. She has been part of, and has led, the judicial committees of both the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association and the Colorado Women's Bar Association. Ms. Martinez was also honored to serve as a member of the Federal Magistrate Judge Selection Panel. She is currently a board member of the Colorado Supreme Court's Board of Law Examiners.
(10/22)
