• Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  Judge

  2001 – present · 25 yrsAppointed by George W. Bush

Career

• Private practice

  New Mexico

  1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs

• Judge

  New Mexico Court of Appeals

  1988 – 1999 · 11 yrs

• Private practice

  New Mexico

  1979 – 1988 · 9 yrs

• executive director

  1977 – 1979 · 2 yrs

• Assistant professor of law

  University of Illinois College of Law

  1976 – present · 50 yrs

• New Mexico Governor's Organized Crime Prevention Commission

  1976 – 1979 · 3 yrs

• counsel

  1976 – 1977 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of New Mexico

  1972 – 1975 · 3 yrs

Education