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Kea Whetzal Riggs
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico · 2019
Kea Whetzal Riggs, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The Senate voted 94–0 on the nomination on Dec 19, 2019 (Nomination Confirmed). Kea Lynn Whetzal Riggs (née Whetzal; born 1965) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
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- United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico
116th Congress · Nomination Confirmed94–0 · Dec 19, 2019
Education
- University of OklahomaB.B.A., 1987
- University of Oklahoma College of LawJ.D., 1990
Career
Private practice, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1990-1991; Assistant district attorney, Third Judicial District, State of New Mexico, 1991-1993; Children's court attorney, Children, Youth and Families Department, State of New Mexico, 1993-1994; Senior trial prosecutor, Fifth Judicial District, State of New Mexico, 1994-1999; Private practice, Roswell, New Mexico, 1999-2004; Adjunct professor, Eastern New Mexico University--Roswell, 2001-2002, 2008-2009, 2012-2014; Adjunct professor, New Mexico Highlands University--Roswell, 2006-2009, 2011; Special master and mediator (part-time), self-employed, Roswell, New Mexico, 2006-2012; Judge, New Mexico District Court, Fifth Judicial District, 2014-2019
Biography
Kea Lynn Whetzal Riggs (née Whetzal; born 1965) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.
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