Megan P. Duffy
Court of Appeals Judge
Statewide
Year: 2024
Evaluation: Judge Megan Duffy’s survey results were somewhat mixed. Attorneys rated her positively for treating all courtroom participants with respect, maintaining professional demeanor in the courtroom, and providing court participants with a meaningful opportunity to be heard. Additionally, court staff rated her positively for rendering opinions without regard to outside pressure, maintaining professional demeanor, and ensuring her personal staff is professional, productive, and knowledgeable of court policies and procedures. However, court staff gave her low ratings when it comes to timeliness in making rulings and rendering decisions and effectively handling ongoing workload. They also rated her somewhat lower in treating court employees with respect and working professionally and cooperatively with court personnel.
Experience & Education: Judge Megan Duffy was elected to the New Mexico Court of Appeals in 2018. Judge Duffy worked at the Roepke Law Firm and served as a law clerk for Justice Richard Bosson. She was a founding member and director of Albuquerque Involved. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico in 2004 and her law degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2008.
PERCENTAGE THAT AGREE OR DISAGREE THAT THE JUDGE EXHIBITS POSITIVE QUALITIES IN EACH CATEGORY *
| Attorneys (n=47, 14% Response Rate) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Agree | Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree | Disagree |
| Exhibits Integrity | 83% | 7% | 10% |
| Fair and Impartial | 79% | 12% | 10% |
| Application/ Knowledge of Law | 72% | 14% | 14% |
| Professional Demeanor | 88% | 8% | 4% |
| Timeliness of Rulings | 62% | 18% | 20% |
| Court Staff (n=14, 14% Response Rate) | |||
| Category | Agree | Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree | Disagree |
| Fair and Impartial | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Application/ Knowledge of Law | 73% | 22% | 5% |
| Respects Court Employees | 50% | 21% | 29% |
| Professional Demeanor | 57% | 29% | 14% |
| Timeliness of Rulings | 13% | 38% | 50% |
| Appellate Judges (n=10, 71% Response Rate) | |||
| Category | Agree | Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree | Disagree |
| Exhibits Integrity | 78% | 22% | 0% |
| Fair and Impartial | 80% | 10% | 10% |
| Application/ Knowledge of Law | 87% | 13% | 0% |
| Respects Court Employees | 60% | 30% | 10% |
| Professional Demeanor | 88% | 0% | 13% |
| Timeliness of Rulings | 60% | 10% | 30% |
| District Judges (n=19, 24% Response Rate) | |||
| Category | Agree | Partly Agree/ Partly Disagree | Disagree |
| Exhibits Integrity | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Application/ Knowledge of Law | 92% | 6% | 2% |
| Timeliness of Rulings | 84% | 11% | 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.