The Hon. Renée Torres is a judge for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court in New Mexico. She was elected to the bench on November 8, 2016.
Prior to her election, Torres was Chief Judge of the Pueblo of Zia Tribal Court, a position to which she was named in 2015. She also spent time as an assistant public defender for the New Mexico Public Defender’s Office.
Torres earned a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University in 1992. She later completed a J.D. at the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2003. She was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 2004.
She was raised on the Isleta Pueblo.
Torres is registered as a Democrat.