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Mercedes Rodriguez Martel

Associate

Mercedes Rodriguez Martel focuses her practice on complex litigation matters. She was previously a summer associate at the firm.

Prior to rejoining the firm, Ms. Rodriguez Martel clerked for the Honorable Richard L. Gabriel at the Colorado Supreme Court, where she was previously an intern. She was also a law clerk at a national law firm headquartered in Denver. During law school, Ms. Rodriguez Martel was an intern to the Honorable Charlotte Sweeney at the US District Court of Colorado and at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office in the Consumer Protection Division. Before pursuing her law career, she held many leadership positions at various international humanitarian and human rights organizations.

Credentials

  • Education

    • JD, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 2023

      Order of the Coif

      Scholastic Excellence Award (highest grade) in Property, Land Use and Planning and Trial Practice

      Chancellor Scholar, awarded for a career devoted to public service

    • MA, International Humanitarian Law, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, 2013

    • MSc, Violence, Conflict and Development, University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, 2004

    • BA, Sociology, University of Salamanca, 2003

  • Admissions

    • Colorado

  • Clerkships

    • The Hon. Richard L. Gabriel, Colorado Supreme Court, 2023 - 2024

Credentials

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