Judith Herrera
2019 - Present
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Judith Herrera is an Article III federal judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. She joined the court in 2004 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R). She retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on July 1, 2019. Prior to appointment, Herrera was a private practice attorney in New Mexico.[1]
Education
Herrera graduated from the University of New Mexico with her bachelor's degree in 1976 and later graduated from Georgetown Law School in 1979.[1]
Professional career
Herrera started her legal career as a prosecutor in the Santa Fe District Attorney's Office as an Assistant Prosecutor from 1979 to 1980. The rest of her legal career was spent in private practice in New Mexico. She also served as a member of the Santa Fe City Council on a part-time basis from 1981 to 1986.[1]
Judicial career
District of New Mexico
Herrera was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 23, 2003, to a seat vacated by Judge James A. Parker as Parker went on senior status. Herrera was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 3, 2004, and received commission on June 13, 2004.[1] She retired from full-time service, assuming senior status, on July 1, 2019.
Noteworthy cases
Political mailer lawsuit (2009)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (New Mexico Youth Organized, et. al v. Mary Herrera, 1:2008-cv-01156)
- See also: United States District Court for the District of New Mexico (New Mexico Youth Organized, et. al v. Mary Herrera, 1:2008-cv-01156)
Judge Herrera on August 3, 2009, ruled in favor of two nonprofit associations after the sued the state over requirements that they should register as a political action committee.[2]
The New Mexico Youth Organized and SouthWest Organizing Project sent mailers to prospective voters as the organizations expressed criticism towards candidates in 2008.[2]
The judge ruled that the actions of the New Mexico Attorney General to require the organizations to register as a PAC subjected them to a greater burden over most nonprofits.[2]
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Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James A. Parker |
District of New Mexico 2004–2019 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
