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

U.S. courts

 * Christina Armijo, 1975, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Robert C. Brack, 1978, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Joel M. Carson III, 1997, circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
 * Matthew L. Garcia, 2005, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Kenneth J. Gonzales, 1994, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Paul W. Grimm, 1976, judge with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland
 * Curtis LeRoy Hansen, 1961, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Katherine Maraman, 1976, justice on the supreme court of Guam
 * Jimmie V. Reyna, 1978, circuit judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
 * David Herrera Urias, 2001, judge with the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
 * Ramona Villagomez Manglona, 1996, chief judge with the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, a United States territorial court

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

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
 * 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