Payton Martinez

Board Member

Payton Martinez works as an attorney at After Service LLC, specializing in VA disability compensation claims and appeals for disabled veterans. 

Prior to joining After Service, Payton was one of the initial founders of the Rocky Mountain Veterans Advocacy Project (RMVAP). After founding the RMVAP, Payton went on to work as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington & Idaho, where she represented individuals charged with federal criminal offenses in magistrate, district court, and appellate proceedings. Payton then joined the Federal Public Defender for the Middle District of Tennessee, where she represented death row prisoners in federal habeas corpus proceedings. 

While in law school, Payton served as a Clinical Fellow with the Veterans Advocacy Project at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, where she earned her J.D.

DEGREES

J.D. ‘20, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law

BA ‘16, University of Colorado Boulder