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Briana Zamora | |
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| Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court | |
| Assumed office August 9, 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
| Preceded by | Barbara J. Vigil |
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| Born | March 23,1974 New Mexico,U.S. |
| Education | New Mexico State University (BA) University of New Mexico (JD) |
Briana H. Zamora (born March 23,1974) [1] is an American attorney and judge serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2021. She is a former judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Zamora is a graduate of Cibola High School,she earned a Bachelor of Arts in government and psychology from New Mexico State University and earned her Juris Doctor with honors from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2000. [2] [3]
Zamora worked in private practice and as an assistant state attorney general and assistant district attorney prior to becoming a judge. [4]
Zamora served as a metro court judge from 2009 to 2013. She was elected judge of the Second Judicial District Court in 2013 [5] and served until her appointment to the court of appeals in 2018. She served as a judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals from December 2018 to 2021. [2] [4]
On July 15,2021,Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Zamora as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Barbara J. Vigil. [2] She was sworn in on August 9,2021. [6] [7]
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