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Julie Vargas Chief Justice
Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court
Background: Before becoming a judge, she worked as a litigator with Hunt & Davis from 1993 to 2016. Her practice focused on commercial and personal injury law.
At a glance
- Court
- New Mexico Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- Not listed
- Chief justice
- Yes
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D); later won election on November 8, 2022
- Appointed by
- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
- Appointment date
- Not listed
- Took office
- January 25, 2021
- Current term ends
- December 31, 2028
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 8, 2022
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Democratic
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Brown University, 1990
- Law: University of New Mexico School of Law, 1993
- Prior offices
- New Mexico Court of Appeals (2016 - 2021)
- Profession
- Lawyer
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Julie Vargas’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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