Bio - Hon. Carl J. Butkus

Retired Judge Carl J. Butkus is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1971) and the Gonzaga
University School of Law (1977). He was appointed District Judge in the Second Judicial District in
2005 and retired at the end of 2020. He was selected as the 2015 State District Court Judge of the Year
by the New Mexico Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Prior to that, he was in the
private practice of law state-wide from 1978-2005. From 1977-78, he was law clerk to Hon. William
R. Hendley of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Among other things, he has been Chair of the New
Mexico Supreme Court Rules of Civil Procedure Committee, President of the H. Vearle Payne Inn of
Court, Member of the State Bar Civil Justice Reform Committee and State Bar Liason to the Federal
Judicial Conference.

505-975-5001 • carlbutkus@comcast.net