Petra Jimenez Maes

Education

Bachelor, U. New Mexico, 1970; Juris Doctor, U. New Mexico, 1973.

Career

Private pratice law, Albuquerque, 1973-1975; representative, then office manager, Northern New Mexico Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1975-1981; district judge, 1st Judicial District Court, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, since 1981; chief judge, 1984-1987, 92-95.

Achievements

• Petra Jimenez Maes has been listed as a noteworthy State supreme court justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active S.W. county Boy Scouts American, member district committees. Presenter pre cana St. John's Catholic Church. Board directors National Center on Women and Family Law.

Chairperson Tri-County Gang Task Force. Member Governor's Task Force on Children and Families, 1991-1992. Member of advisory committee Santa Fe County Jail, 1996.

Member New Mexico Bar Association (elderly law committee 1980-1981, alternative dispute resolution committee 1987-1992, code of judicial conduct committee since 1992, juvenile community corrections services committee chairperson), Hispanic National Bar Association, New Mexico District Judges Association, New Mexico Women's Bar Association, Hispanic Women's Council (charter).

Connections

Widowed; 4 children.