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# Shammara H. Henderson

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

- Shammara H. Henderson is the first African-American judge appointed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals, serving since March 1, 2020, and re‐elected in 2024
- Shareholder at Henderson & Grohman, PC, later joined Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Urias, & Ward, PA (2017–2020)
- Judicial Law Clerk for New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Daniels (2007–2008)
- The first African-American judge on the court and the first African-American woman to hold statewide judicial office in New Mexico

### Education


### Additional information

- On February 14, 2020, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Henderson to the New Mexico Court of Appeals, replacing M. Monica Zamora.
- The official Court of Appeals biography states that Shammara H. Henderson was appointed in 2020.
- She co-founded Henderson & Grohman in 2017; the firm joined Freedman, Boyd, Hollander, Goldberg, Urias & Ward in 2018.
- In 2011 she joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico, trying criminal and civil cases and handling Tenth Circuit appeals.
- She graduated from Valley High School, obtained a B.A. in political science and philosophy from American University in 2004 (Frederick Douglass Scholarship), and a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2007
- 224,601 no).
- American University bachelor’s degree with a Frederick Douglass Scholarship and University of New Mexico J.D. She clerked for Justice Charles Daniels, litigated at the Second District prosecutor’s office, and held the role of associate general counsel to the governor.

## 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/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Mexico Rule 23-107 — media coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-16ed52dd2958e6571bf2469d) — 2018 dated rule; not extended to Municipal Courts. Media coverage exceptions and judicial control apply. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.