JPEC News

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACTS: 
Mateo "Matt" S. Page, JD, Administrative Office of the Courts
(505) 670-0061; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Patti Watson, CWA Strategic Communications
(505) 245-3134; (505) 269-9691; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 24, 2022

SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appoint ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACTS: 
Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts
505.216.8476; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Patti Watson, CWA Strategic Communications
505.245.3134; 505.269.9691; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SANTA FE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appointed retired New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Edward L. ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACT:  Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts (505) 827-7967;
Patti Watson, CWA Strategic Communications(505) 245-3134; (505) 269-9691;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 27, 2019

SANTA FE—The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appointed Amber Hamilton of Portales, who is the Roosevelt County ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission
CONTACTS:
Patti Watson, 505-245-3134 office; 505-269-9691 cell
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Cristofer Romero, 505-245-3138 office; 505-231-2467 cell
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By Denise Torres, Chair, New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission
James Hall, Vice Chair, New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

Franklin Dela ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACT: Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts
(505) 827-7967;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — September 6, 2018

SANTA FE—The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appointed Matthew Kirk of Hagerman, an account representative in the oil and gas service industry, as its newest member.

Kirk is an ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACT: Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts
(505) 827-7967;

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 1, 2018

SANTA FE -- The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appointed Nate Gentry, an Albuquerque attorney who is completing his final term in the New Mexico State Legislature this year, as its ne ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACT: Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts
(505) 827-7967; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 30, 2017

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Comission Appoints Farmington Businessperson as Newest Member

FARMINGTON–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) has appointed ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 28, 2016

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (NMJPEC) today recommended retaining one New Mexico Supreme Court justice and three New Mexico Court of Appeals judges standing for retention in the 2016 general election. To remain on the bench, these judges must receive at least 57 percent voter approval under state law.

NMJPEC is ...

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

CONTACT: Carmen Rodriguez, Administrative Office of the Courts
(505) 827-7967; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2017

NEW MEMBER JOINS JUDICIAL EVALUATION GROUP

SANTA FE – Retired journalist Scott Sandlin has been named to the New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), a bipartisan, 15-membe ...

ALBUQUERQUE --The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has announced the appointments of Anita Sanchez of Rio Rancho and Joseph Arite of Grants, New Mexico as new members.

JPEC was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 as a volunteer, nonpartisan commission to improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges while providing useful, credible information to vo ...

ALBUQUERQUE — The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has announced the appointment of Patricia L. Quintana of Taos as a member.

JPEC was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 as a volunteer nonpartisan commission to improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges and provide useful, credible information to voters on judges standing for retention in electi ...

Evaluations Include One Supreme Court Justice; Three Court of Appeals Judges;
69 District Court Judges and 12 Metropolitan Court Judges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 19, 2014

ALBUQUERQUE–The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) today released its recommendations to voters on 85 judges standing for retention in the upcoming election. To remain on the bench, these judges ...

JPEC was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 as a volunteer nonpartisan commission to improve the performance of New Mexico’ ...

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) today released its recommendations to voters on one New Mexico Supreme Court justice and two New Mexico Court of Appeals judges standing for retention statewide. Under the New Mexico State Constitution, these appellate judges must receive at least 57 percent voter approval to remain on the bench.

This year, JPEC’s reco ...

JPEC was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 as a volunteer, nonpartisan commission to improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges and provide useful, credible information to voters ...

By Felix Briones, Jr., Co Chair
Denise Torres, Co-Chair
New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

American editor George Jean Nathan once said, “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

In the upcoming 2010 general election, New Mexico voters will be asked whether to retain two New Mexico Supreme Court Justices and two New Mexico Court of Appeals judges. Under the ...

By Felix Briones, Jr. and Denise Torres, Co-Chairs, New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

American editor George Jean Nathan once said, “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.”

In the upcoming 2010 general election, Bernalillo County voters will be asked whether to retain two New Mexico Supreme Court Justices, two New Mexico Court of Appeals judges, and 16 Be ...

SANTA FE—The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) announced the appointment of Karen Ogden Cortese of Fort Sumner, Patrick S. Freeman of Truth or Consequences and Denise M. Torres of Las Cruces as new members. The Commission was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 to improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges and provide useful, credible information t ...

By Felix Briones, Jr. Chair, New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

This year has been hailed as historical in terms of national politics, but it is also historical in terms of New Mexico judicial retention elections. This year, voters will decide whether one Supreme Court Justice, one judge on the Court of Appeals, and 74 district court judges spread throughout 12 of New Mexico’s ...

SANTA FE, NM – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has announced the appointments of Barbara Castillo-Velarde of Raton, Avilio Chavez of Los Lunas, Phyllis A. Dominguez of Corrales, Leonila Durán Serna of Taos, and Regis Pecos of Cochiti as new members. The Commission was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 to improve the performance of New Mexico’s ...

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) has announced the appointment of Lori D. Hartley of Texico and Debra Hicks of Hobbs as new members. The Commission was established by the Supreme Court of New Mexico in 1997 to improve the performance of New Mexico’s judges and provide useful, credible information to voters on judges standing for retention elections.

Hart ...

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) today released its recommendations to voters on 16 justices and judges standing for retention in the upcoming election. To remain on the bench, these individuals must receive at least 57 percent voter approval under the New Mexico State Constitution. “We are pleased to report that we have seen an improvement in the stat ...

By Felix Briones, Jr., Chair

New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission

In the upcoming general election, voters will be asked whether to retain one New Mexico Supreme Court justice, three Court of Appeals judges, and 12 Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court judges who are standing for retention. Under the state’s constitution, these individuals must receive at least 57 percent voter a ...

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC) today released its recommendations on 2 judges standing for retention in the upcoming election. To remain in office, these judges must receive at least 57 percent voter approval according to the New Mexico State Constitution.

“Our 2004 report includes recommendations to retain, not retain, no opinion or opinion not ava ...