Jose E. Martinez

Jose E. Martinez

Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Incumbent
Assumed office September 17, 2002
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward B. Davis

Personal details
Born	Jose E. Martinez 1941 (age 75–76) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Education	University of Miami (B.B.A.) University of Miami School of Law (J.D.)

Jose E. Martinez (born 1941) is an American lawyer and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Early life and education

Martinez was born in 1941 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Miami in 1962 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 1965.

Career

Martinez served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1964 to 1993, and was a Navy legal officer from 1965 to 1968.

Martinez served as a law clerk in private practice in 1965. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida from 1968 to 1970. Martinez was in private practice in Florida from 1970 to 2002. From 1972 to 1974, he was regional director of the Office for Drug Abuse Law Enforcement of the Department of Justice.

President George W. Bush nominated Martinez to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on January 23, 2002, to the seat vacated by Edward B. Davis. Confirmed by the Senate on September 13, 2002, he received commission on September 17, 2002.

Martinez was the judge in Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola.

External links

FJC Bio

Legal offices
Preceded by Edward B. Davis	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida 2002–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
M. Alabama	Watkins 2 seats vacant
N. Alabama	Bowdre Coogler Proctor Hopkins Kallon Haikala 2 seats vacant
S. Alabama	DuBose 2 seats vacant
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N. Florida	Rodgers Walker 2 seats vacant
S. Florida	Moore Moreno Ungaro Middlebrooks Dimitrouleas Martinez Altonaga Cooke Williams Scola Gayles Bloom Rosenberg 5 seats vacant
M. Georgia	Land Treadwell Abrams 1 seat vacant
N. Georgia	Thrash Story Duffey Batten Totenberg Jones May Cohen Ross 2 seats vacant
S. Georgia	Hall Wood 1 seat vacant

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