Socorro Municipal Judge Frances Cases was elected President of the New Mexico Municipal Judges Association on June 24 during the Association’s 2010 Professional Development Conference in Albuquerque. She will serve in that capacity until June, 2011.
Las Cruces Presiding Municipal Judge Melissa Miller-Byrnes was elected First Vice President and Carlsbad Municipal Judge David Redford was elected Second Vice President.
Cases has been the Municipal Judge in Socorro since 1995. She previously served on the Socorro City Council from 1976 to 1986 and was Mayor Pro Tem from 1984 to 1986. She is a member of the Board of Good Samaritan Nursing Home, a member of the San Miguel Choir and served as chairman of the San Miguel Parish entertainment committee, planning committee member and chairman for the San Miguel Fiesta. She is also a member of the Association’s Automation and Education Committees.
“I want to install professionalism both on and off the bench,” Cases said. “I am constantly reminded of the oath of office a judge takes when sworn in. I want to work for uniformity and for working together in my court.”
The New Mexico Municipal Judges Association is a subsection of the New Mexico Municipal League, a non-profit, non-partisan organization representing all incorporated municipalities in New Mexico.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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the store also held its annual tool sale. Frank Romero saibc
ReplyDelete7mid close to 400 hot dogs were grilled for customers. From left to right in the photo are Jeremy Petrie, Frank Romero, Lori Romero, Brian Wheeler and Andrew Zamora.