Robert E. Robles: A civil court judge from district three was appointed to serve on the appeals court. Judge Robles will now be required to run in a partisan race in 2010 to keep the seat which Governor Bill Richardson has appointed him to on Friday. Judge Robles will be filling the seat of Judge Ira Robinson. To be eligible to serve on the Court of Appeals a individual must be 35 year of age or old, have practiced law for at least 10 years and have lived in the state of New Mexico for at least 3 years.Experience and Education: Appointed to the bench in June of 1991, Judge Robert E. Robles hears civil cases. Judge Robles served on the New Mexico Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism and the Code of Judicial Conduct Committee. He is active in local youth programs and received the 2006 Continuing Legal Education Peak Award of Excellence. Judge Robles received both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of New Mexico.
From the Governor’s Press Release:
“Robles has more than 32 years of legal experience, including 17 years as a judge in the Third Judicial District. He was elected by his colleagues as Chief Judge in the Third District, a position he has held for 9 years. Robles has extensive experience in personal injury, commercial, domestic relations and criminal law.
Before his tenure as a judge, Robles practiced law in Las Cruces for 9 years, most of it as a partner with Evans & Robles, P.A. A graduate of the University of New Mexico Law School, Robles has served on several professional and civic organizations, including the Joint Supreme Court State Bar Commission; the District Court Judge’s Committee of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission; the U.S. Commission on Child and Family Welfare, the New Mexico District Judges Associations and the New Mexico Bar Association.”
