Martha Alicia Vázquez (born February 21, 1953) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. She is the first woman to be appointed as a federal judge in that state.
Martha Alicia Vázquez
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Born 1953 in Santa Barbara, CA
FJC ID: 2456
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2016–2019
- Private practice, Santa Fe, New Mexico1981–1993
Assistant public defender · 1979–1981- Michigan Migrant Legal ServicesClerk · 1979
Appointments
1993–2021 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
1993–present
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolJ.D. · 1978
- University of Notre DameB.A. · 1975