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 of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Robert C. Brack, 1978, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Joel M. Carson III, 1997, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Sarah M. Davenport, 2006, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Matthew L. Garcia, 2005, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Kenneth J. Gonzales, 1994, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Paul W. Grimm, 1976, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland Curtis LeRoy Hansen, 1961, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Katherine Maraman, 1976, justice of the Supreme Court of Guam Jimmie V. Reyna, 1978, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit David Herrera Urias, 2001, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Ramona Villagomez Manglona, 1996, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
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 Barbara J. Vigil, 1985, Supreme Court of New Mexico
Law
Paul Bloom, lawyer who recovered $6 billion for the United States Department of EnergyMartin, Douglas. "Paul L. Bloom, Who Tackled Overcharging by Oil Companies, Dies at 70", The New York Times, October 13, 2009. Accessed October 27, 2009. 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 Gertrude Lee, 2009, chief prosecutor of the Navajo Nation
Nonprofit
John EchoHawk, 1970, founder of Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
Politics
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, 1995–2013 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 Brian Egolf, 2005, former speaker of the House in New Mexico, House Minority Leader, chair of House Energy Committee, and representative of District 47 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 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 representative 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 representative Xochitl Torres Small, U.S. House representative 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
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