The Boulder County Bar is grieving the loss of Judge Kristy Martinez this morning. Let’s see more details about Kristy and his cause of death in detail.
What happened to Kristy Martinez?
Boulder County Judge Kristy Martinez, who also served as the first full-time director of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Korey Wise Innocence Project, died Tuesday morning.
It says,
The Boulder County Bar is grieving the loss of Judge Martinez this morning.
We are so grateful for everything she has done for our members and appreciates all she has given to make this community a better place. Thank you to all who delivered cards or sent emails to share with Judge Martinez a few weeks ago. Together, we sent over 100 messages. It is my understanding she spent a lovely afternoon reading every letter and sharing stories with her colleagues.
We welcome your thoughts and remembrances below. Details about a celebration of life will be forthcoming.
Cause of death
A post from the Boulder County Bar Association did not list a cause, but indicated Martinez had been receiving cards and emails for several weeks and “spent a lovely afternoon reading every letter and sharing stories with her colleagues.”
At this point, it is unknown precisely what led to her death apart from the confirmation of her death and the exact cause of her death of Kristy was not released as well.
In order to learn more about Kristy’s death, we are attempting to get in touch with her friends and family. This section will be updated as soon as we learn any new information regarding the tragic event that brought many people to tears.
Martinez-Boulder County judge
Martinez was appointed as a Boulder County judge by then-Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper in 2018 and took the bench in early 2019.In the general election in November, she had recently been re-elected for another term.
“I just wanted to be a good lawyer,” Martinez told the Camera in 2018 of her move to the bench. “As I grew professionally, that became more of an aspirational goal. But I didn’t start out thinking I wanted to become a judge.”
In a statement, Weiser praised Judge Kristy Martinez as “a champion of justice and an outstanding mentor.” “I recruited her to the University of Colorado School of Law to oversee the Korey Wise Innocence Project, which she expertly managed. Judge Martinez’s commitment to fairness, empathy for others, and moral compass will be sorely missed. Her legacy will endure as a blessing.
In addition to working with Martinez as a judge recently, Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty also collaborated with her while she was an undergraduate student at CU on some of his early projects as a new district attorney.
Martinez’s Career Journey
Martinez began her career as a Deputy District Attorney in Adams County after graduating from the University of Denver College of Law and being admitted to the Colorado Bar in 2000. Prior to being appointed as a judge, Martinez was a law professor at CU Boulder and the director of the law school’s Innocence Project chapter, which had just been renamed after Wise made a $190,000 donation.
“She really was our first paid staff person, so we worked together really closely,” said Ann England, a CU law professor and the founder of the Korey Wise Innocence Project. “She really took our project from being just a volunteer kind of program to a real Innocence Project. We had a huge backlog of letters and applications and things like that that were sitting around this tiny little office, and she went through it all with some volunteers.”
Martinez -a fierce advocate
England said Martinez was “a fierce advocate” for her clients but also a great teacher and mentor, which made her great for her role. “She really fought for all of her clients, especially people we came to believe were innocent in the project,” England said. “She was also just a very warm, wonderful teacher and mentor to a lot of law students.
“The world is a sadder place without her.” “Mentor” was also the word Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who was the dean of the law school when Martinez was there, used to describe Martinez.
Social Media Condolence
Stan Garnett Posted
Judge Martinez was a fine lawyer. She never hesitated to support, or challenge, me when I was District Attorney. I was very pleased when Governor Hickenlooper appointed her to the bench. Condolences to her family and friends. May she Rest In Peace?
Longmont Times-Call Posted
Boulder County Judge Kristy Martinez, who also served as the first full-time director of the University of Colorado Boulder’s Korey Wise Innocence Project, died Tuesday morning.
Jennifer Sullivan Corkern, it is a lot of loss and grief in a short period, and I’m kind of exhausted and numb, but love means the world. And I’m sending you so much love your way too — I know that Kristy meant so much to you too.
Alexia Posted
I love that you shared the Order of the Coif speech. So heartfelt, touching, and inspiring. She let it all out in that speech and left us with the pieces. Her memory lives on.
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