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C. Bacon's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

New Mexico Supreme Court
237 Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 104
Santa Fe, NM 87501

Post Office Box 848
Santa Fe, NM 87504

Full Name:

C. Shannon Bacon

Gender:

Female

Family:

Wife: Twila

Birth Place:

North Valley, NM

Home City:

Albuquerque, NM

BA, History, Creighton University

JD, Creighton University School of Law, 1994-1997

Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2019-2022; 2024-present

Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2022-2024

Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico School of Law, present

Former District Judge, Bernalillo County Water and Middle Rio Grande Conservancy

Candidate, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2020

Former Partner/Shareholder/Trial Group Manager, Sutin, Thayer and Brown, Professional Association, 2005-2020

Appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, January 25th, 2019

Presiding Civil Judge, Second Judicial District Court, New Mexico, 2010-2019

Former Partner, Eaves, Bardacke, Baugh, Kierst and Larson, Professional Association, 1995-2005

Former Law Clerk, Judge A. Joseph Alarid, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1997-1999

Former Member, Access to Justice Commission

Member, Albuquerque Community Foundation

Former Co-Chair, Bernalillo County Pro Bono Committee

Volunteer, Casa Q

Volunteer, Cuidando Los Ninos

Board President, District and Metropolitan Judges Association

Former Member, New Mexico Supreme Court Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Rules Committee

Former Chair, New Mexico Supreme Court Adult Guardianship and Conservatorship Steering Committee

Member, New Mexico Womens Bar

Member, Southwest Womens Law Center

Former Chair, Supreme Court Personnel Rules Committee

Former Chair, Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Committee

Election Protection Volunteer, Democratic Party, 2000-2010

Board Member, Emerge New Mexico, 2006-2008

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