WCA Announces Judicial Appointment of Doug Christopherson

The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration announced that Doug Christopherson was appointed as the agency's newest judge. Christopherson will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Leonard Padilla in August. Christopherson moved to New Mexico in 2012 after completing law school at the University of Utah. After law school, he initially worked as a prosecutor for the State of New Mexico, where he handled DWI and domestic violence cases. He spent the next decade as a defense attorney specializing in workers' compensation cases before joining the Workers'...