The Honorable
Shonnetta Estrada (2022-present)

The Hon. Shonnetta R. Estrada is a judge for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court in New Mexico. She was appointed to the bench by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on November 14, 2022, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the Hon. Sandra Engel. Currently, she presides over the Felony Criminal Docket, Felony Competency Docket, and the Courts to School Specialty Court.

Estrada is the co-Chair of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission. She is a Board Member of the NM Black Judicial Council and is a member of the New Mexico Black Lawyers Association and New Mexico Supreme Court Equity and Justice Commission.

Prior to her appointment, Estrada was a prosecutor for the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office, a position she held for four years. During her tenure there, she started in the General Crimes Division, rising through the ranks to become a senior trial attorney and an assistant supervisor in the Major Crimes Division.

Estrada earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and flamenco dance from the University of New Mexico in 2012. She also completed a J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law. She was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 2018.