Kelly, Sinema Applaud Nominations of Krissa Lanham, Angela Martinez for U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema applauded the President’s nomination of Krissa Lanham and Judge Angela Martinez to serve as U.S. District Court Judges for the District of Arizona. 

“The President has nominated two well-regarded, highly qualified nominees to serve on the District Court for Arizona in Judge Martinez and Ms. Lanham. I congratulate them on their nominations and look forward to their confirmation processes in the United States Senate,” said Senator Kelly.  

“As highly respected individuals in Arizona’s legal community, Krissa and Angela bring decades of experience and a wealth of knowledge to the bench. I was glad to work with the White House to advance two highly qualified nominees, and I’m confident that these dedicated Arizonans will be approved by the Senate and continue to honorably serve our state and country,” said Senator Sinema. 

Kelly and Sinema worked closely with the White House on the Arizonans’ nominations. 

Krissa M. Lanham has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona since 2009. She has served as Appellate Chief in that office since 2020, after previously serving as the Deputy Appellate Chief and Human Trafficking Coordinator. Ms. Lanham served as a law clerk for Judge Barry G. Silverman on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 2008 to 2009 and for Judge Robert N. Chatigny on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut from 2007 to 2008. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2007 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University in 2002. 

Judge Angela M. Martinez has been a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Arizona since 2023. Judge Martinez was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona from 2015 to 2023. From 2013 to 2015, she served as a law clerk for Judge Jennifer G. Zipps on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Prior to that, Judge Martinez was an associate at Farhang & Medcoff, P.L.L.C. from 2012 to 2013 after an earlier period serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Arizona from 2005 to 2009. Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Martinez was an associate at Lewis and Roca, L.L.P. in Phoenix and Tucson from 2002 to 2004 and she served as a law clerk for Judge John M. Roll on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona from 2000 to 2002. Judge Martinez received her J.D. from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2000 and her B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1995.