Christine Arguello
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Christine Marie Arguello (born July 15, 1955) is an American lawyer, a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and a former Colorado state official. She also is expected to be nominated in 2008 to a U.S. District Court judgeship by President Bush.
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[edit] Early life and education
A native of southern Colorado, Arguello earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1977 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1980.[1]
[edit] Professional career
Arguello began her law career as an associate in private practice. She worked for Valdes-Fauli, Cobb & Petry from 1980 until 1985, when she joined Holland & Hart as a senior associate. Arguello was promoted to a partner at Holland & Hart in 1988, becoming the first Hispanic promoted to partner at any major Colorado law firm.
In 1991, Arguello joined the University of Kansas School of Law as an associate professor. She was promoted to full professor in 1998.
In 1999, Arguello took a job at the University of Colorado, but changed her mind before ever teaching a class, choosing instead to join the Colorado Attorney General's office as a Deputy Attorney General, working alongside then-Attorney General Ken Salazar.
[edit] Nomination to the Tenth Circuit
On July 27, 2000, President Clinton nominated Arguello to the seat on the Tenth Circuit that opened up when John Carbone Porfilio took senior status.[2] (Arguello previously had been considered by Clinton for a nomination to a district-court seat.) Clinton previously had nominated James Lyons to the seat in September 1999, but withdrew Lyons' nomination in June 2000. Since Arguello was nominated after July 1, 2000, the unofficial start date of the Thurmond Rule during a presidential election year, no hearings were scheduled on her nomination, and the nomination was returned to Clinton at the end of his term. President George W. Bush chose not to renominate Arguello to the Tenth Circuit.
Later, President George W. Bush nominated Timothy Tymkovich in 2003 to the Tenth Circuit seat to which Arguello had been originally nominated. Tymkovich won Senate confirmation later that same year.
After Arguello's nomination lapsed, she joined the firm of Davis, Graham & Stubbs in Denver. In April 2006, she took a leave of absence from Davis Graham to join the University of Colorado as its Managing Senior Associate University Counsel.[3]
On January 30, 2008, U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard of Colorado submitted Arguello's name to the White House as part of a list of seven names for the president to consider nominating to three vacant U.S. District Court judgeships. On April 3, 2008, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado (Arguello's old boss), included Arguello's name in a list of three names that Salazar was recommending that the president nominate.[4] Arguello's name is expected to be one of the three that the two senators forward to the White House.[5]
On May 17, 2008, a television station in Denver reported that the White House had chosen Arguello as one of three nominees to fill vacancies on the U.S. District Court for Colorado.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Office of University Counsel | University of Colorado System
- ^ Office of the Press Secretary - President Clinton nominates Christine M. Arguello to the Federal bench. | M2 Presswire | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ http://www.dgslaw.com/documents/pressreleases/PR_Arguello2006.pdf
- ^ Salazar's list for judgeships irks Allard aide : Local News : The Rocky Mountain News
- ^ Vacancy crisis : Editorials : The Rocky Mountain News
- ^ cbs4denver.com - White House Moves On Colorado Judgeships
