Admitted
1978, New Mexico; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas and
Law School
Rutgers University Law School, J.D., 1978
Law School Graduation Year
1978
College
Yale University, B.A., 1975
Memberships
Albuquerque Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico (Chairman, 1986-1987 and Board Member, 1985-1988, Criminal Law Section); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Vice Chair, Judiciary Reform Committee, 2002-2003); New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association (President).
Biographical
Author: Unspeakable Suspicions - Challenging the Racist Consensual Encounter, The Champion, October 1993; Survival Tips for the State Criminal Practitioner in the First Stages of a Federal Case, The New Mexico Criminal Practice Manual, 1992. Co-author of Controlled Substances, a bimonthly column in The Champion, October 1993-March 2002. Adjunct Faculty Member, Evidence and Trial Practice, University of New Mexico Law School, 1993—. Annual Faculty Member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Southwestern Regional. Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of New Mexico, 1989-1993. Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, 1984. District Public Defender, 1st Judicial District, 1980-1983. (New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization Recognized Specialist in Criminal Law)