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DENVER—President Barack Obama has nominated Denver attorney William Martinez to be a judge for the U.S. District Court in Colorado.
The Senate must confirm the nomination, announced Wednesday.
Martinez practices employment and civil rights law as a partner at McNamara, Roseman, Martinez and Kazmierski. He previously served as regional attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Denver.
Martinez was born in Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his parents as a child. He holds undergraduate degrees in environmental engineering and political science from the University of Illinois and a law degree from the University of Chicago.
