| Briana Zamora | |
| Office: | Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court |
| Appointer: | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
| Term Start: | August 9, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Barbara J. Vigil |
| Birth Place: | New Mexico, U.S. |
| Education: | New Mexico State University (BA) University of New Mexico (JD) |
Briana H. Zamora (born 1973 or 1974) is an American attorney and judge serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2021. She is a former judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Zamora is a graduate of Cibola High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in government and psychology from New Mexico State University and earned her Juris Doctor with honors from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2000.[1] [2]
Zamora worked in private practice and as an assistant state attorney general and assistant district attorney prior to becoming a judge.[3]
Zamora served as a metro court judge from 2009 to 2013. She was elected judge of the Second Judicial District Court in 2013[4] and served until her appointment to the court of appeals in 2018. She served as a judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals from December 2018 to 2021.[1] [3]
On July 15, 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Zamora as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Barbara J. Vigil.[1] She was sworn in on August 9, 2021.[5] [6]