Appointed By: Judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
The Hon. Laura Fashing is a magistrate for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. She was appointed to the bench by the judges of the District of New Mexico on September 2, 2015.
Prior to her appointment, Fashing worked as an assistant United States attorney for the District of New Mexico since joining the office in 1996. During her tenure there, she held a full-time assignment in the office’s Appellate Division since 2001 and was elevated to chief of the Division nine years later. Fashing prosecuted white collar crimes, immigration crimes, and narcotics offenses.
Before that, she served in the Civil Division of the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office and was a former private practice attorney in both Los Angeles, California, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Fashing received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. She then completed a J.D. at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, in 1989.
Fashing was admitted to practice in California (1989), the United States District Court for the Central District of California (1989), the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit (1989), and New Mexico (1994).
After graduating from law school, she began her legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Irving Hill with the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Fashing holds an AV Preeminent ranking from Martindale-Hubbell.
| Current Appointment U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Department - Suite 680 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, Department - Suite 680 |
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Education
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law - 1989 B.A., University of Pennsylvania - 1985 |
J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law - 1989 B.A., University of Pennsylvania - 1985 |
| Official Website www.nmd.uscourts.gov | www.nmd.uscourts.gov |
| Current Court: | NM - U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico |
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| Clerk phone: | +1 (505) 348-2360 |
| Fax: | +1 (505) 348-2365 |
| Role | Employer | Where |
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| Law Clerk | United States District Court for the Central District of California with the Hon. Irving Hill | None |
| Attorney | Private Practice | Los Angeles County, California |
| Attorney | Private Practice | Bernalillo County, New Mexico |
| Attorney | New Mexico Department of Justice | None |
| Assistant United States Attorney | United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico | None |
| Magistrate | United States District Court for the District of New Mexico | None |
Martindale: Laura Fashing
The Rotary Club of Albuquerque: Magistrate Judge Laura Fashing
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico: Laura Fashing Appointed as U.S. Magistrate Judge
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