List of University of New Mexico School of Law alumni explained

Following is a list of notable alumni of the University of New Mexico School of Law. The dates listed are the year of graduation.

Government

• Gloria Tristani, member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1997–2001

Judiciary

U.S. courts

• Christina Armijo, 1975, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Robert C. Brack, 1978, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Joel M. Carson III, 1997, circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Matthew L. Garcia, 2005, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Kenneth J. Gonzales, 1994, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Paul W. Grimm, 1976, judge with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• Curtis LeRoy Hansen, 1961, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Katherine Maraman, 1976, justice on the supreme court of Guam
• Jimmie V. Reyna, 1978, circuit judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• David Herrera Urias, 2001, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
• Ramona Villagomez Manglona, 1996, chief judge with the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territorial court

Supreme Court of New Mexico

• Edward L. Chávez, 1981, Supreme Court of New Mexico
• Charles W. Daniels, 1969, Supreme Court of New Mexico
• Thomas J. Mabry, Supreme Court of New Mexico
• Petra Jimenez Maes, 1973, Supreme Court of New Mexico
• Judith Nakamura, 1989, Supreme Court of New Mexico
• Dan Sosa Jr., 1951, Supreme Court of New Mexico^[1]
• Barbara J. Vigil, 1985, Supreme Court of New Mexico

Law

• Paul Bloom, lawyer who recovered $6 billion for the United States Department of Energy^[2]
• David Iglesias, 1984, Judge Advocate (JAG), at the Pentagon, member of the legal team that was the inspiration for the film A Few Good Men, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico
• Gary King, 1984, 30th attorney general of New Mexico

Nonprofit

• John EchoHawk, 1970, founder of Native American Rights Fund (NARF)

Politics

• Peter Wirth, 1990, New Mexico Senate Majority Leader, former Conservation Committee Chairman, and former state representative
• Joseph Cervantes, 1991, member of New Mexico State Senate and Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee
  • Bill Payne, 1990, former Senate Republican Whip and retired United States Navy Rear Admiral Hector Balderas, 2001, New Mexico Attorney General, former New Mexico State Auditor, and former state representative
• Charles W. Blackwell, 1972, first Ambassador of the Chickasaw Nation to the United States from 1995 until 2013^[3]
• Jacob Candelaria, 2016, first openly gay man elected to New Mexico Legislature, member of the New Mexico Senate
• John Anthony Castro, 2012, candidate for U.S. Senate
• Brian Colón, 2001, New Mexico state auditor and former chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico
• Deb Haaland, United States Secretary of the Interior, formerly U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District and one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress^[4]
• Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, 1978, lieutenant governor of Maryland
• Georgene Louis, 2004, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
• Michelle Lujan Grisham, 1987, 32nd Governor of New Mexico, U.S. House Representatives for New Mexico's 1st District (2013-2019)
• Thomas J. Mabry, 14th Governor of New Mexico
• Jonathan Rothschild, 1977, Mayor of Tucson, Arizona
• Steven Schiff, 1972, U.S. House Representatives
• Xochitl Torres Small, U.S. House Representatives for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district
• Tom Udall, 1977, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
• John Wertheim, 1995, chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico

Fictional alumni

• Kimberly Wexler, main character on the television series Better Call Saul

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ramirez . Steve . September 6, 2016 . Former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Sosa Jr. dies at 92 . Las Cruces Sun-News.
2. Martin, Douglas. "Paul L. Bloom, Who Tackled Overcharging by Oil Companies, Dies at 70", The New York Times, October 13, 2009. Accessed October 27, 2009.
3. News: 2013-01-04 . Chickasaw Nation Ambassador Charles W. Blackwell – a Man of Vision . . dead . 2013-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130108043548/http://www.kxii.com/news/ok/headlines/Chickasaw-Nation-Ambassador-Charles-W-Blackwell--a-Man-of-Vision-185701022.html . 2013-01-08.
4. Web site: Boetel . Ryan . October 9, 2020 . 'Proud progressive,' Haaland seeks 2nd term . November 25, 2020 . Albuquerque Journal.