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WILLIAM D . ROBB INSJUDGE

September 15,2011Supreme Court Nominating CommissionChiefJustice Michael Bender, ex Officio Chair101 West Colfax Ave, #800Denver Colorado, 80202Chief Justice Bender and Nominating Commission:

It is my honor to write this letter of recommendation endorsing the candidacy ofFrederick Martinez for a seat on the Colorado Supreme Court. I have known Mr. Martinez sinceAugust 1984, the first day oflaw school at the University ofColorado. We shared a "smallsection" Contracts class, where each student was encouraged to share his or her own philosophyabout our society and its relationship to the law. From the beginning, I found Fred to be athoughtful and pragmatic person, committed to the ideals ofjustice and fairness for all. I knowthat this commitment has grown and solidified over the years.

After law school, Fred began his career as a Deputy State Public Defender, I as a DeputyDistrict Attorney. Obviously, we often found ourselves on different sides of issues and cases.While always zealously representing his client, Fred remained dignified and respectful, both ofthe process and to the other people involved that process.After leaving the Office of the Public Defender, Fred distinguished himself in thecivil arena, quickly adapting the skills learned as a criminal defense trial lawyer to a verydifferent environment. Over the years his practice has continued to expand, as has his skill andsterling reputation in the legal community. He has represented railroads and other transportationindustries in major litigation that has proven important not only to the people of the state ofColorado but our entire region. He clearly has the ability to understand, analyze andcommunicate effectively even very fine points of law. These traits are of course essential to aSupreme Court Justice.In addition to his trial work Fred has well served not only his clients but the Bar itselfinhis role with the Attorney Regulation Counsel and the Colorado Supreme Court. Maybe more

important is his concern for the well-being and improvement of attorneys who have run afoul ofthe Regulation Counsel by overseeing, mentoring and monitoring those attorney's compliancewith the Presiding Disciplinary Judge's Orders regarding the Conditional Admission to theColorado State Bar.Mr. Martinez is also a well grounded individual, dedicated to his family and community.He is active in the Colorado as well as Douglas County Bar Associations.

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However, Fred's activities and involvement spread far beyond the courtroom. After servingmany years as a Deputy District Attorney and now as a District Judge, I have seen firsthand thegood and useful work performed by organizations such as Urban Peaks to which Fred has sogenerously donated his time and efforts.

These personal attributes, as well as his obvious intelligence, grasp oflegal conceptsand principles, coupled with his unassailable reputation for honesty and integrity would, in myview, make Frederick Martinez an excellent Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. I urge youand the Commission to look favorably upon his application.

William D. RobbmsDistrict Judge.