Carlos F. Lucero

US Court of Appeals
Honorable Carlos F. Lucero was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by President Clinton on June 30, 1995.  He was born November 23, 1940, in Antonito, Colorado.  He received a B.A. degree from Adams State College, where he was student body president and the editor of The South Coloradan, and a J.D. degree from the George Washington University Law School in 1964. Judge Lucero clerked for Judge William E. Doyle, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, during the 1964-1965 term.  Prior to his clerkship, he was a staff aide for the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure.  He entered private practice in Alamosa, Colorado where he became senior partner of the law firm of Lucero, Lester and Sigmund.  He specialized in civil litigation, including water and natural resource matters.  He served as president of the Colorado Bar Association in 1977-1978.  He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American Bar Foundation, and the Colorado Bar Foundation, of which he was president.  In 2006, he was presented the National Jurist of the Year Award by the Hispanic National Bar Association. Judge Lucero currently serves as a Special Advisor to the Latin America and Caribbean Division, Rule of Law Initiative, American Bar Association.
 
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