Information on Martinez's hometown, Lark, a mining town, which was unincorporated in 1979 after the town was purchased by Kennecott Copper Mine. Martinez represented the residents in their negotiations with the copper company to relocate residents and fairly compensate residents.

In 1988 Martinez co-chaired national hearings regarding the discrimination of Hispanics by the EEOC, which lead to hearings before the U.S. Senate. He also served as Deputy General Counsel to the agency by Presidential appointment.

The Michael Martinez papers contain the professional papers of this Utah attorney, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Utah State Bar, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Utah Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Small Business Administration Advisory Board and Fairness Board.

Copies of the Congressional Records from the EEOC library.

The Michael Martinez papers contain the professional papers of this Utah attorney, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Utah State Bar, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Utah Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and the Small Business Administration Advisory Board and Fairness Board.

Martinez has been an active participant in the Utah State Bar Association. He was the first minority to sit on the Utah State Bar Commission, was the first president of the Utah Minority Bar Association, and led the commission to name minority and female attorneys as ex-officio commissioners.

White House interview schedule for position as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.