CARLOS F. LUCERO

Circuit Judge

Denver, Colorado

Judge Carlos F. Lucero was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit by President Clinton July 22, 1995.

Judge Lucero was born November 23, 1940, in Antonito, Colorado. He received a B.A. degree from Adams State College, where he was editor of The South Coloradan, and a J.D. degree from the George Washington University Law School in 1964.

Judge Lucero clerked for Judge William E. Doyle, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, during the 1964-1965 term. Prior to his clerkship, he was a staff aide for the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure. He entered private practice in Alamosa, Colorado where he became senior partner of the law firm of Lucero, Lester and Sigmund. He specialized in civil litigation, including water and natural resource matters. He served as president of the Colorado Bar Association in 1977-1978.

Judge Lucero is married to Dorothy Stuart Lucero and has one child, Carla. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American Bar Foundation, and the Colorado Bar Foundation, of which he was president. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the San Luis Valley Bar Association, of which he was president, and the Colorado and National Hispanic Bar Associations.

While in private practice, Judge Lucero served on the Colorado Supreme Court Board of Law Examiners, the ABA Action Commission to Reduce Court Cost and Delay, the advisory board to the ABA Journal, the ABA Committee on the Availability of Legal Services, and the CBA Ethics Committee. He served on President Carter's Presidential Panel on Western State Water Policy, the Board of Directors of Colorado Rural Legal Services, the Colorado Historical Society, and the Santa Fe Opera Association of New Mexico.

Judge Lucero has received numerous awards, including honorary membership in the University of Colorado Chapter of the Order of the Coif, Outstanding Young Man of Colorado Award of the Colorado Jaycees, the Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation, the Professional Service Award of the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the George Washington University.

Judge Lucero's chambers are in Denver, Colorado.