Investiture ceremony for district judge is March 31

Third Judicial District Court will host an investiture for District Judge Robert Lara at 4 p.m. Friday, March 31, the court said in a news release. The ceremony will be held in the ceremonial courtroom at the district court building, 201 W. Picacho Ave. The public may view the ceremony via Google Meets at meet.google.com/jkj-aagp-nby or by phone at 502-791-5403, using PIN No. 510 944 436#, the court said. For more information, contact Court Executive Officer David S. Borunda at 575-523-8283. The photo shows Lara, left, as he was sworn in as district judge Jan. 3 by District Judge Doug Driggers, with Lara’s wife, Rosenda, at left. Lara, a Democrat, was unopposed in the Nov. 8 general election in the race for Third Judicial District Division 2. “I know you’re going to make a fine judge,” Driggers told Lara, who has been a staff attorney with the district court in Las Cruces for the past five years. A native of El Paso, Lara is a 2007 graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law.