Juan Guerrero Burciaga

Personal

Birthday: 
8/17/1929
Birthplace: 
Roswell, NM
Date of Death: 
3/5/1995
Place of Death: 
Albuquerque, NM
Race or Ethnicity: 
Hispanic
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Air Force pilot, 1952-1959
Law clerk, Hon. H. Vearle Payne, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 1963-1964
Private practice, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1964-1968, 1969-1979
Special assistant attorney general, State of New Mexico, 1967-1969
Lecturer, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1970-1971
Special prosecutor, First Judicial District, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1975

Education

Name of School: 
U.S. Military Academy
Degree: 
B.S.
Degree Year: 
1952
Name of School - Second: 

University of New Mexico School of Law

The mission of the Law School is consistent with the long-range plans of the University, recently formalized in a document entitled "UNM 2000". As a part of the University, the general mission of the Law School is to transmit and to increase the store of human knowledge. As a professional school, the Law School's role is to provide academic and professional instruction to those who wish a legal education.

Degree - Second: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Second: 
1963

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of New Mexico
Court Name: 

New Mexico District Court

President Nominating: 
Jimmy Carter
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
11/2/1979
Retirement from Active Service: 
11/9/1994
Termination Date: 
3/5/1995
Termination Reason: 
Death