William Joseph Martínez (born José Guillermo Martínez Escalante, 1954) is a Mexican-American attorney serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 2/year
Colorado District Court · 2010–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Private practice, Denver, Colorado1988–1992, 1997–2010
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Denver, ColoradoRegional attorney · 1992–1996
- Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago [Illinois]Staff attorney · 1980–1987
Appointments
2010–2023 · Appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Education
J.D. · 1980- University of IllinoisB.A., B.Sc. · 1977