Mr. Chacon is a member of a number of professional

organizations including the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, State Bar of New Mexico,

and the Hispanic National Bar Association.   

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​He is deeply committed to the legal profession and has served

as a board member with various professional organizations. 

Below is a list organizations that he has worked with during his career.

 

• Licensed to practice before all New Mexico State(1996) and Federal Courts(1997) the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (1997), and the United States Supreme Court (2000);

• Administrative Hearing Officer, New Mexico Gaming Control Board (2004-2017);

• Assistant (Contract) Bernalillo County Attorney (1998-2017);

• Gaming License Review Hearing Officer, Pueblo of Isleta (2002-2012);

• New Mexico Board of Bar Examiners, January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2011 (Board Chair from 2009 through 2011)-Assisted the New Mexico Supreme Court in making attorney licensure decisions;

• State Bar of New Mexico-Bar Commissioner-January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014;

• Adjunct Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law, Spring 2000 to Spring 2003. Taught appellate advocacy to students as they prepared for and then competed in a national moot court competition; and

• Democratic Nominee, Second Judicial District Court Judge, Div. III (2014)