WCA Seeks Comments on Judge Up for Reappointment

The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is seeking comments on a candidate up for appointment to a five-year term as a workers' compensation judge. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Douglas C. Christopherson to his first term, effective Nov. 12. Christopherson filled the vacancy that Leonard Padilla created when he retired in August. Christopherson is up for appointment to a full five-year term, and the WCA is accepting public comments regarding his performance as a comp judge. Christopherson moved to New Mexico in 2012 after completing law school at the Universi...