Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jan. 1997–Jan. 1999
Chief Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals
1988–99
Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals
JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES
2013–2019
Member, Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction of the United States Judicial Conference
Oct. 2003–Oct. 2010
Member, Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the United States Judicial Conference
Aug. 2004–Aug. 2005
Chair, American Bar Association (ABA) Appellate Judges Conference
Nov. 2002–Aug. 2006
Member, Board of Directors, Appellate Judges Education Institute (Chair, 2005–06)
2001–02
Chair, ABA Appellate Practice Institute
1997–99
Executive Committee, ABA Council of Chief Judges
1997–98
Member, Chief Judges Education Committee of ABA Appellate Judges Conference
2001–
Occasionally serve as speaker or panel member on legal-education programs and moot courts
EDUCATION
Harvard Law School, J.D. (1972)
Magna Cum Laude
Harvard Law Review, Editorial Board, 1970–72
Case and Developments Editor, 1971–72
Princeton University, Graduate School in Physics 1967–68
National Science Foundation Fellowship
Woodrow Wilson Honorary Fellowshi
Harvard College, A.B. (1967)
Summa Cum Laude in physics
One of nine members of class of 1,200 elected to Phi Beta Kappa in junior year
President, Harvard-Radcliffe International Relations Council
Farmington (NM) High School (1963)
Valedictorian
National Merit Scholar
TEACHING
2013–2019
Member, Committee on Federal-State Jurisdiction of the United States Judicial Conference
LAW PRACTICE
1999–2001
Special Counsel to Stier, Anderson, & Malone
Special counsel to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, guiding the development of a Code of
Conduct and enforcement procedures for union of 1.5 million members
1979–88
Attorney in private practice
Commercial and malpractice litigation
1976–79
New Mexico Governor’s Organized Crime Prevention Commission:
1976–77
Legal counsel
1977–79
Executive Director
1972-75
Assistant United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM
JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES
2018–2022
Member, Advisory Board, George Mason Judicial Education Program
2015–17
President, H. Vearle Payne American Inn of Court (Albuquerque, NM)
2012–17
Member, Dean’s Advisory Committee, University of California, Irvine School of Law
2011–2023
Adviser, American Law Institute Principles of Government Ethics Project
1996–2004
Adviser, American Law Institute Restatement of the Law (Third) Agency
2008–16
Member, Board of Overseers, Searle Civil Justice Institute
1995–97
Member, Advisory Committee to ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security
1995
Facilitator, First National Conference on Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Bias in the Courts
1993–
Member, American Law Institute
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
1999–2002
Chair, New Mexico Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
1999–2001
Chair, Selection Committee, New Mexico Ethics in Business Awards President, The Rotary Club of
NM)
1996–97
Albuquerque (approximately 320 members) Co-chairman, Quality Assurance Committee, National
1988
Association of State Racing Commissioners
1987–88
Chairman, New Mexico Racing Commission
1980
President, Albuquerque Committee on Foreign Relations
NONJUDICIAL PUBLICATIONS
2016
Co-Author, “The Law of Judicial Precedent”
2014
“How Do Judges Think?” Denver Law Review
2012
Contributor, “Symposium: The Restyled Federal Rules of Evidence,” William
& Mary Law Revie
2010
“Evaluating Judges,” Duke Law Journal Legal Workshop