Name: Sandra Ann Grisham
Title: District Judge (Retired)
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico
United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Alamogordo City Charter Commission (chairman, 1982-1983)
- American Bar Association
- Arabian Horse Association New Mexico (director, 1978)
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Otero County (advisory board, member, 1988)
- Children in Need of Services (CHIN), Otero County (board of directors, 1987-1988)
- Children’s Code Task Force (1991-1993)
- Fund Distribution Committee (1990)
- Mayors Committee on Alcoholism and Driving While Intoxicated, Alamogordo, TX (chairman, 1983-1984)
- National Association of Women Judges
- New Mexico Bar Association (Task Force on Women and the Profession, 1988-Present)
- New Mexico District Judges Association (Board of Directors, 1988-1990)
- New Mexico Youth Authority Commission
- Otero County Bar Association
- Regional Resource Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, Austin, TX (steering committee member, 1979-1982)
- State Task Force on Children’s Code Revision (co-chair, abuse and neglect sub-commission, 1992)
- United Way of Otero County (Budget and Allocation Committees, 1989) (Director)
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2020)
- Recipient, Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
- Recipient, Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award (2015)
- Recipient, Tomahawk Award, Best Tried Case in District (2008, 2006)
- Recipient, Woman of Distinction Award (1995)
- Feature Listee, “Who’s Who of American Women,” Marquis Who’s Who (1987-1990)
- Featured Listee, “Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America,” Marquis Who’s Who (1987-1994)
- Elected, First Woman Judge South of Albuquerque (1985)
- Williston Research Fellow (1972-1973)
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