--- title: "Jennifer L. Attrep | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-l-attrep-court-of-appeals-judge-new-mexico-court-of-appeals-nm" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jennifer L. Attrep New Mexico Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Judge ## Profile - Court: New Mexico Court of Appeals - State: New Mexico - Role: Court of Appeals Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judicial Service: 2014–2018: Judge, First Judicial District Court of New Mexico 2018–present: Judge, New Mexico Court of Appeals - Early Career: Law clerk to Judge Richard J. Leon, U.S. District Court for D.C. Private practice in Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, NM ### Education - University of Virginia J.D. in 2006, serving as a managing editor of the Virginia Law Review. - Economics and Government — College of William & Mary — B.A. (1999) ### Additional information - Jacqueline Medina succeeded her in April 2025. - Attrep was first elected to the Court of Appeals in 2018 and retained her seat in the November 5, 2024 retention election with 69% of the vote. - She became appellate chief judge in January 2023 - held the role of Chief Judge for a one-year term in 2023 - Appointed by then-Governor Susana Martinez in 2018 and became Chief Judge in January 2023, succeeding Judge J. Miles Hanisee. - Jennifer L. Attrep joined the New Mexico Court of Appeals in 2018 after service on the First Judicial District Court beginning in 2014. - Raised in Los Alamos, Attrep graduated from Los Alamos High School, earned an economics and government B.A. at William & Mary in 1999 - As Chief Judge, she oversees personnel, budgets, and operations of the Court of Appeals, and focuses on improving resources and reducing case resolution times - One of ten judges on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, which hears civil, criminal, juvenile, and certain administrative appeals. - Her earlier legal career encompassed clerking for U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon in Washington, D.C., practice at Williams & Connolly, and private practice in Santa Fe before joining the state trial bench. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### media electronic device coverage Scope: statewide New Mexico Rule 23-107 authorizes broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording in state court proceedings subject to the rule's guidelines and judicial control. Evidence excerpt: The broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording of court proceedings in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, district courts, magistrate courts, and metropolitan courts of the State of New Mexico are hereby authorized in accordance with the guidelines promulgated herewith. [Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### remote proceedings conduct Scope: statewide New Mexico Judiciary remote-proceedings standards treat virtual courtrooms as formal courtroom settings and impose conduct expectations for remote participants. Evidence excerpt: The courtroom, whether a physical in-person courtroom, or a virtual courtroom, remains a formal and serious setting where judges hear matters involving real people that affect real lives. [New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://coa.nmcourts.gov/about/judges) - [Official roster](https://coa.nmcourts.gov/about/judges) - [New Mexico Courts official judicial roster](https://coa.nmcourts.gov/about/judges) - [Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf) - [New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf) - [coa.nmcourts.gov](https://coa.nmcourts.gov/about/judges/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-l-attrep-court-of-appeals-judge-new-mexico-court-of-appeals-nm", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-l-attrep-court-of-appeals-judge-new-mexico-court-of-appeals-nm", "name": "Jennifer L. Attrep | KnowJudges", "description": "Jennifer L. Attrep, New Mexico Court of Appeals. 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