Amber Chavez Baker

Professional career

• Amber L. Chavez Baker has held the position of a family court judge in Division XXII of New Mexico’s Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County since March 2019, appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
• Her prior work included domestic relations hearing officer service from 2015 and private family law practice in Albuquerque and Carlsbad.

Education

Additional information

• Private family practice, then domestic relations hearing officer, 2015–2019.
• The overview lists University of New Mexico undergraduate and law degrees and New Mexico bar admission in 2007.
• Position: Judge, New Mexico 2nd Judicial District Court, Division XXII (Family Court)
• She is evaluated by the New Mexico Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, which lists her among reviewed judges
• Her court work includes divorce, custody, support, domestic violence and kinship guardianship.
• Professional activities include State Bar family law and children’s sections, women’s bar association membership and past Eddy County Bar Association vice presidency.
• She also served on the Albuquerque Speech and Language Hearing Center board.