She’s A Real-Life Elle Woods Working As An Immigration Attorney In Texas
We just found this empowering attorney on TikTok who is just like Elle Woods from the film Legally Blonde in real life!
Kathleen Martinez (@attorneymartinez) is an immigration attorney based in Texas who has gone through a lot as a female attorney and is unafraid to express her confident femininity both in and out of the courtroom.
Kathleen is all too familiar with the misogyny that comes with being a powerful female attorney. From some of her earliest days on the job, she began receiving criticisms from her male co-workers that made no sense and tried to diminish her character as an attorney.
For example, in one of her TikTok videos, Kathleen explains that she was fired from the first law firm she worked for because she wore “too much pink.”
How ridiculous is that? Her boss also told her that she didn’t fit in with the firm’s conservative style, so she would not succeed.
It’s not as if he gave her an opportunity to succeed anyway because he would often ask her to do belittling things like make him his coffee.
Remember the evil law professor from Legally Blonde who had all of his female law interns make him his coffee? It was just like that.
Kathleen decided to break away from tradition and do things her own way. Now, she’s thriving!
TikTok; pictured above is Kathleen
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Kathleen now owns her own law firm called Martinez Immigration. She works there as a virtual immigration attorney, alongside other talented individuals working as paralegals, legal assistants, etc.
The majority of the people who work for Kathleen are Latino women. Kathleen’s husband, Alejandro Martinez, works with her as well!
Kathleen can almost always be found wearing a bright, ‘Barbie pink’ pantsuit to court. One of the district attorneys she had to work with recently went around calling her ‘Barbie attorney’ in a condescending way, so she makes an extra effort to pick out the brightest pink pantsuits and shoes just for him.
On Kathleen’s TikTok page, you can find a variety of great videos. Some of her most viral ones include her “day in the life” videos, where viewers can watch her pick out her bright outfits and pump herself up for trials.
But she also makes very helpful TikToks, including ones where she gives legal advice.
We love watching Kathleen’s content and seeing her inspire young women everywhere!
To view Kathleen’s TikTok page, visit the link here.
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