Mickey D. Barnett

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Mickey D. Barnett, an attorney and former New Mexico state senator, was appointed a Governor of the United States Postal Service by President George W. Bush on August 17, 2006, for a term that expires December 8, 2013.

Governor Barnett has a history of public service in addition to his career in the private sector. Currently, Governor Barnett is the managing partner with the Barnett Law Firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a general practice law firm focusing on litigation. He is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico, the Tenth Circuit, the United States Supreme Court and the Federalist Society. He also was a member of the Appellate Nominating Commission for the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals from 1995 to 2002.

Governor Barnett served the public in the New Mexico State Senate from 1980 to 1984. Previously he served the federal government as a legislative assistant to Senator Pete Domenici (1972-1976).

For more than thirty years, Governor Barnett has actively participated in public life and politics in a variety of capacities. His public sector work, often as a volunteer, has always sought to help increase both the efficiency of the government as well as its protection of individual liberties.

He is a graduate of Eastern New Mexico University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration. He received his J.D. degree from George Washington University National Law Center in 1977.