Mr. Rudy Apodaca

2000, Texas
1964, New Mexico
1971, U.S. Supreme Court
1964, New Mexico(inactive)
1965, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
1964, New Mexico -New Mexico Supreme Court -State - Supreme Court

of the New Mexico Bar Foundation; American Institute of Banking; Las Cruces Board of Realtors; National Association of Realtors; Realtors Association of New Mexico; Las Cruces Homebuilders Association; National Association of Homebuilders; International Platform Society. (2) Charitable or communal activities (past and present): New Mexico State University President's Associates; Board of Trustees, American Southwest Theater Company; Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce; New Mexico GI Forum; Director, Las Cruces Community Arts Center Foundation; Museum of New Mexico Foundation; Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; Greater Las Cruces Industrial Development Board. (3) Other organizations and associations (past and present) other than bar associations or professional associations or professional societies, including civic, charitable, religious, educational, social and fraternal organizations: Board of Visitors, an advisory board of Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas; Board of Directors, Citizens Bank of Las Cruces; Board of Directors, Amador Bancshares (a bank-holding company);Advisory Board, Mesilla Valley Hospital; Governor's Coordinating Council for Higher Education (1976-78); New Mexico State University Board of Regents (1976-83) (President and Vice President); Advisor to Registrants, Dona Ana County Selective Service Board.

HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS Seth D. Montgomery Distinguished Judicial Service Award, awarded by the State Bar of New Mexico, June 2001; Outstanding Judicial Service Award, awarded by the State Bar of New Mexico, October 2000; New Mexico State University Hiram Hadley Founder's Award of Excellence, June 2000; 1996 Outstanding Alumnus Award, College of Arts & Sciences, New Mexico State University (awarded at awards presentation on October 26, 1996); Special Recognition Award, New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association (awarded at annual banquet in May, 1996); New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association's Certificate of Recognition for contributions made in public service (awarded at NMHBA's annual banquet in 1994; National Hispanic Bar Association's Award and Certificate of Recognition for contributions made to the judiciary (awarded at HNBA's annual convention held in Albuquerque in 1988); Certificate of Recognition from the Speaker of the House of Representatives of New Mexico, for outstanding contributions to the State of New Mexico" circa 1988; Outstanding Alumnus of College of Arts and Sciences, New Mexico State University; April 1988, during centennial year celebration; American Southwest Theater Company 1985 award for service to the ASTC Board of Trustees; Commendation award by the New Mexico State University Board of Regents in February 1983 for service and contributions to the university; Service Award for Distinguished Voluntary Leadership in the fight against birth defects from the National Foundation of the March of Dimes"1969; Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Society; Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 1st and later editions; Who's Who in the West, 22nd Edition; Listed in Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans; Listed in Who's Who Among Fiction Writers & Poets; Listed in Men of Achievement, 13th Edition; Member, Poets & Writers, Inc.; Member, PEN Center USA West; Member, PEN New Mexico; Member, American Mensa Society; Member, Intertel; Listed in Dictionary of International Biography; Listed in Directory of American Poets & Fiction Writers; International Authors and Writers Who's Who; University Honors: Blue Key Honorary Service Fraternity; Phi Mu Tau Honorary (Vice President); Alpha Psi Omega Honorary; Nu Mu Alpha Honorary.

LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND PARTICIPATIONS Pro Se Litigants "An Ethical Dilemma?, an essay presented for a webcast presentation entitled Pro Bono/Pro Se Issues: Conflicts for Justice? and produced/broadcast by the State Bar of Texas on June 18, 2009 via the Internet; Video presentation entitled The Law and Mental Illness, as part of a video module on mental illness and the courts, produced to train law enforcement officers throughout the United States in dealing with the mentally ill (taped at New Mexico State University on February 27, 2007; Featured Speaker at NAACP-Dona Ana County Branch's Race to Vote' Banquet, NMSU, October 26, 2000; Guest Speaker at New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation's annual student research conference, NMSU, September 29, 2000; Guest Speaker at Martin Luther King Annual Breakfast, NMSU, January 4, 2000; Participant at Law Day activities sponsored by Dona Ana Bar Association, Las Cruces, May, 1996; Address at Annual Dinner, New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association, Albuquerque, May 4, 1996; Commencement Address at graduation ceremonies, Dona Ana Branch Community College, NMSU, May 12, 1995; Address at Transition Ceremony, Primero Los Ninos, September 17, 1995; Participant at Law Day activities sponsored by Court of Appeals and Dona Ana County Bar Association, Las Cruces, May, 1994; Participant and Small Group Facilitator at Just-Solutions: A Public Forum on the Justice System, sponsored by the ABA, Lansdowne, Virginia, May 1-3, 1994; Welcoming Address at Environmental Law Conference sponsored by State Justice Institute and New Mexico Judicial Education Center, July 29-30, 1993; Panelist and presenter at Forum on Judicial Selection (sponsored by the New Mexico Women's Bar Association), at New Mexico State Bar Convention, Ruidoso, September 25, 1992; Panelist at 2nd Annual Appellate Practice Institute, on appellate practice, briefing and oral argument, August 23, 1991, Santa Fe; Panelist and lecturer on Effective Oral Argument at New Mexico State Bar Convention, October 1991, Albuquerque; Lecturer and facilitator at Hispanic Leadership Training Program, NMSU, Las Cruces, March 9, 1990; Lecture presentation at Advanced Public Defender Training Conference (sponsored by the New Mexico Public Defender Department), May 16-18, 1990, Las Cruces; Keynote Speaker at naturalization ceremony, U.S. District Court, Las Cruces, October 13, 1989; Lecturer on appellate practice at New Mexico State Bar Convention, October 1988, in Ruidoso; Presenter and lecturer at Martin Luther King Celebration, Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, January 15, 1987; Guest lecturer in numerous university and high school classes in government and social services, and luncheon speaker at civic clubs and local bar association meetings.

OTHER INTERESTS (1) Sports such as sail boating, both water and snow skiing, tennis, and racquetball, as well as hobbies and other interests such as creative writing, sculpting, calligraphy, needlepoint, chess, coin collecting, playing the guitar and piano, and gardening. (2) Author of (i) Pursuit, a novel (published 2003; Finalist Award in ForeWord Magazine's 2003 Book of the Year Awards); (ii) The Waxen Image, a novel (published 1977); (iii) A Rare Thing, a screenplay; (iv) Bataan "The Untold Story, a screenplay.