FW: RELEASE: Governor announces judicial appointment of Heidi Adams

Hi RTS team,

Please add the press release below to the website at your earliest convenience. Please note, I included pressrelease@mail.rtsclients.com when I sent the original press release this morning, but for some reason it doesn’t appear to have made it to the website.

Thanks,

Lauren Dodd Thorp ( she/her/hers)

Communications Assistant

Office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Lauren.thorp@exec.nm.gov

O: (505) 476-2263

C: (505) 695-6005

From: Thorp, Lauren, GOV

Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 8:53 AM

To: Thorp, Lauren, GOV <lauren.thorp@exec.nm.gov>

Subject: RELEASE: Governor announces judicial appointment of Heidi Adams

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Michael Coleman

Office of the Governor

Michael.Coleman@exec.nm.gov

April 16, 2024

Governor announces judicial appointment of Heidi Adams

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Tuesday the appointment of Heidi Adams as the Tenth Judicial District Attorney.

Since 2015, Adams has served as the Chief Deputy District Attorney in the Tenth Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Tucumcari prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases.

Previously, she spent four years as an assistant district attorney at Potter County Attorney’s Office in Amarillo, Texas. Adams is a graduate of Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech School of Law. She was admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 2014.

Adams’ appointment began April 15, 2024.

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