Comp Judges Reappointed to Five-Year Terms

The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that judges Tony Couture and David Skinner were reappointed to new five-year terms, effective Wednesday. Work comp judges in New Mexico are initially appointed to a one-year term that can be followed by subsequent five-year appointments. Couture and Skinner both started their initial one-year term on April 6, 2023. Couture graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2007. Before joining the WCA, he was in private practice in the areas of workers' compensation, general liability and complex civil litigati...