# List of University of New Mexico School of Law alumni

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 Energy
* 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

* Peter Wirth, 1990, New Mexico Senate Majority Leader, former Conservation Committee Chairman, and former state representative
* Brian Egolf, 2005, Former Speaker of the House in New Mexico, House Minority Leader, Chair of House Energy Committee, and Representative of District 47.
* 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
* 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
* 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