Martha Vázquez
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Martha Vázquez | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico | |
In office 2003–2010 |
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Preceded by | Juan Guerrero Burciaga |
Succeeded by | Bruce D. Black |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico | |
Assumed office October 1, 1993 |
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Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Santiago E. Campos |
Personal details | |
Born | December 1953 (age 70) Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Law School |
Martha Alicia Vázquez (born December 1953) is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the first woman to be appointed as a federal judge in that state.
Born in Santa Barbara, California, Vázquez is an alumna of the University of Notre Dame, where she received her B.A. in 1975, followed by a J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School in 1978. Following a brief stint with Michigan Migrant Legal Services, she was a public defender in New Mexico from 1979 to 1981, and then entered private practice, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from 1981 until her appointment to the federal bench in 1993.
On August 6, 1993, Vázquez was nominated by President Bill Clinton for the judge seat on the District Court vacated by Santiago E. Campos. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 30, 1993, and received her commission on October 1, 1993. She served as chief judge of the court from 2003 to 2010.
Sources
- Martha Vázquez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Legal offices | ||
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Preceded by | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 2003–2010 |
Succeeded by Bruce D. Black |
Preceded by | Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 1993–present |
Incumbent |
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
- 1953 births
- American people of Mexican descent
- American women judges
- Hispanic and Latino American judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
- Living people
- Notre Dame Law School alumni
- People from Santa Barbara, California
- People from Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Public defenders
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- University of Notre Dame alumni