1. Christine Marie Arguello was born on July 15,1955 and is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado and is a former Colorado state official.
15 Facts About Christine Arguello
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Christine Arguello was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Christine Arguello earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1977, becoming the first member of her family to graduate college, and then she earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1980.
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Christine Arguello was the first Latina from Colorado to be admitted to the law school.
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Christine Arguello began her law career as an associate in private practice.
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In 1991, Christine Arguello joined the University of Kansas School of Law as an associate professor.
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In 1999, Christine 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 from 1999 until 2002.
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Christine Arguello held that job until she became a federal judge.
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Christine Arguello previously had been considered by Clinton for a nomination to a district court seat.
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Later, President George W Bush nominated Timothy Tymkovich to the Tenth Circuit seat to which Arguello had been originally nominated.
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Christine Arguello's name was included as one of three that the two senators eventually jointly forwarded to the White House.
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On July 10,2008, Arguello was officially nominated by President George W Bush to a vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado created by the retirement of Judge Walker David Miller.
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Christine Arguello received her commission on October 21,2008, and her formal investiture ceremony took place on December 5,2008.
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On May 18,2009, Christine Arguello confirmed to a Denver television station that she had been approached by White House intermediaries one week earlier about being considered to fill a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Christine Arguello denied Sanderson's motion, writing that he and his attorney needed to serve all the defendants first before she would hand down a ruling.