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Charles W. Daniels is an associate justice of the
New Mexico Supreme Court. He became Democratic Governor
Bill Richardson's second appointment to the court in
October of 2007 (Richardson had previously appointed Justice
Edward Chavez in 2003).
[1] His appointment was to fill the vacancy on the court that occurred with the death of then-sitting Justice Pamela B. Minzner, who passed away in August of 2007.
[2]
Daniels then ran uncontested for a full eight-year term on the court in November 2008. His term expires in 2016.[3]
Legal background
Justice Daniels received his B.A. in fine arts from the University of Arizona, and graduated first in his class from the University of New Mexico School of Law (where he would later serve as a professor).
Legal career
He previously served as a Prettyman Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, where he also received a masters of law degree in trial advocacy. [4] Prior to his appointment, Daniels had served as a senior partner at the Friedman, Boyd, Daniels, Hollander, Goldberg and Ives law firm (which he founded with two of his former students)[5] for more than 30 years.
Associations and awards
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Board of Directors, 1992-1998
- Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1992-1994
- Chair, Media & Public Relations Commitee, 1988-1989
- Vice-Chair, Ethics Committee, 1989-1992
- Lawyers' Assistance Strike Force, Co-Chair 1990-1992, Circuit Coordinator, 1994-present
- New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association: President 1990-1993; Board of Direcors, 1993-present
- Member, New Mexico Trial Lawyers’ Association
- American Board of Criminal Lawyers: Fellow, 1996-present
- American College of Trial Lawyers: Fellow, 1990-2002
- Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy and National Criminal Defense College[6]
Speaker at Open Government ceremony
In the spring of 2008 Justice Daniels was the featured speaker at New Mexico's William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Awards. The awards are hosted by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, and "recognize outstanding support of open government by New Mexicans in government, law, business, education and journalism."[7]
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