Linda M. Vanzi

Linda Vanzi joined the Firm’s Complex and Commercial Litigation Group after retiring from the New Mexico Judiciary, where she served for 12 years as a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, including two years as chief judge, following four years of service as a trial judge at the Second Judicial District Court, Civil Division.

As a judge, Ms. Vanzi handled a full range of civil, criminal, and administrative matters, participating in thousands of written decisions as author and panelist, including as a designated judge on several cases in the New Mexico Supreme Court. In the course of her career as a judge and attorney, Ms. Vanzi has spoken at countless seminars and served on many committees, including as Chair of the Judiciary Budget Committee, Judicial Education & Training Advisory Committee, Judicial Education Committee, Judicial Continuing Legal Education Committee, and the Uniform Jury Instruction-Civil Committee, as well as Co-Chair of the New Mexico State Bar Association’s Alternative Disputes Resolution Committee. She has also taught many classes in the substantive law, and in trial and appellate procedure and skills. Her classes at UNM School of Law include Federal Jurisdiction, Civil Rights Litigation, Advanced Legal Writing, and Constitutional Law, along with Evidence and Trial Practice, which she has taught since 2001. Ms. Vanzi also is a team-leader and faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s national trial, deposition, and in-house national programs.