According to this report by Nico Roesler in the Santa Fe New Mexican, Governor Susana Martinez has appointed Santa Fe attorney Francis Mathew as a judge on the First Judicial District Court, which covers Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Rio Arriba counties.
While in law school in the late 1990s, I had the opportunity to clerk at the highly-regarded Jones Firm in Santa Fe, and worked with Mr. Mathew on a couple of matters. I can only say that this is an excellent appointment.
