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Betty Ann Camunez (born February 11, 1944) is an American lawyer. She was the first Hispanic female lawyer in
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. She was born in
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. Not long after, she and her family relocated to Las Cruces, New Mexico. She received her
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Sturm College of Law in 1970 and was admitted to the Colorado State Bar the same year. During her time at the college, she was a member of the Mexican-American Law Student Association (MALSA) and even participated in a program to provide free legal services for West Side residents. After a brief stint working as an attorney in San Diego, Camunez returned to New Mexico in 1972 and was admitted to the
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. She then worked as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque and the New Mexico Child Support Enforcement Division. She was appointed and served as a member of the New Mexico Child Support Guideline Commissions in 1994 and 1998.


See also

* List of first women lawyers and judges in Colorado *
List of first women lawyers and judges in New Mexico This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in New Mexico. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their ...


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