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Michael Vigil's Biography

Contact Information

Office

237 Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 104
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Full Name:

Michael E. Vigil

Gender:

Male

Home City:

Albuquerque, NM

JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1976

Graduated, Political Science, College of Santa Fe, 1973

No political experience information on file.

Justice, New Mexico State Supreme Court, 2019-present

Former Chief Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals

Former Attorney, Private Practice

Chief Justice, New Mexico State Supreme Court, 2021-2022

Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2003-2018

Appointed by Governor Bill Richardson, Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2003

Staff Attorney, Prehearing Division, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1976-1979

Member, American Law Institute, present

Member, Budget Committee for the New Mexico Courts, present

Member, Chief Judges Council, New Mexico Courts, present

Former Member, American Inns of Court

Former Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member, Council of Chief Judges of the State Courts of Appeals

Former Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Former Member, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Member, New Mexico Sentencing Commission

Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1976

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