Jennifer L. Attrep
The Honorable

Jennifer L. Attrep

Court of Appeals Judge
Statewide

Year: 2024

Recommendation: Retain

Election Results:

Evaluation: Judge Jennifer Attrep was rated highly in many areas by the court staff, district judges, and her fellow appellate judges and justices. In addition, lawyers rated her positively for conducting herself in a manner free from impropriety, for treating all courtroom participants with respect, for maintaining professional demeanor in the courtroom, and for being prepared for oral arguments and court proceedings. There was an area of concern among lawyers that the merits of the legal issues were not always addressed clearly, and there were also concerns with timeliness in writing opinions. Judge Attrep indicated that she has taken steps to address the timeliness issue.

Experience & Education: Judge Jennifer Attrep was appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals in 2018 and was subsequently elected later that year. Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeals, she served as a district court judge in the First Judicial District beginning in September 2014 through February 2018. She worked in private practice before that. She also served as a law clerk for a federal district judge in Washington, DC. Judge Attrep received her undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary in 1999 and her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2006.

PERCENTAGE THAT AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT THE JUDGE EXHIBITS POSITIVE QUALITIES IN EACH CATEGORY *

Attorneys (n=39, 12% Response Rate)
Category Agree Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree Disagree
Exhibits Integrity 84% 3% 13%
Fair and Impartial 70% 12% 18%
Application/ Knowledge of Law 59% 19% 22%
Professional Demeanor 84% 11% 5%
Timeliness of Rulings 68% 14% 19%
Court Staff (n=12, 12% Response Rate)
Category Agree Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree Disagree
Fair and Impartial 100% 0% 0%
Application/ Knowledge of Law 100% 0% 0%
Respects Court Employees 75% 17% 8%
Professional Demeanor 92% 0% 8%
Timeliness of Rulings 50% 17% 33%
Appellate Judges (n=11, 79% Response Rate)
Category Agree Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree Disagree
Exhibits Integrity 90% 10% 0%
Fair and Impartial 91% 9% 0%
Application/ Knowledge of Law 100% 0% 0%
Respects Court Employees 82% 18% 0%
Professional Demeanor 100% 0% 0%
Timeliness of Rulings 60% 30% 10%
District Judges (n=21, 26% Response Rate)
Category Agree Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree Disagree
Exhibits Integrity 100% 0% 0%
Application/ Knowledge of Law 97% 3% 1%
Timeliness of Rulings 90% 5% 5%

 

*On the tables above, the “Agree” columns are comprised of the strongly agree and agree responses. Similarly, the “Disagree” columns are comprised of the strongly disagree and disagree responses. The combined percentage of “Agree”, “Disagree”, and “Partly Agree/Partly Disagree” for each category may not equal 100% due to rounding error. Some of the percentages that are reported in the above categories are an average of more than one question that appeared on the survey.