David Thomson's Biography
- Justice of the Supreme Court (NM), Democratic
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (NM), Democratic
Contact Information
Office
New Mexico Supreme Court
237 Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 104
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Post Office Box 848
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0848
Supreme Court
237 Don Gaspar Avenue, Room 104
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Supreme Court
Post Office Box 848
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Full Name:
David K. Thomson
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Patricia; 1 Child: Ava
Birth Place:
Santa Fe, NM
Home City:
Santa Fe, NM
BA, Economics & Government, Wesleyan University
Graduated, National Judicial College, 2010
JD, University of Denver Sturm College of Law, 1998
Chief Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2024-present
Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2019-2024
No caucus information on file.
State Trial Judge, First Judicial District, New Mexico, 2014-2019
Appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Justice, New Mexico Supreme Court, January 25th, 2019
Sole Practitioner, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals & United States Supreme Court, 2010-2014
Litigation Attorney; Deputy Attorney General, Office of New Mexico State Attorney General, 1999-2010
Law Clerk, United States District Judge Bruce D. Black, District of New Mexico, 1998-1999
Former Employee, United States Senator Jeff Bingaman, 1995
Member, Guardianship Reform Implementation Steering Committee, 2018-present
Member, Performance Measures Subcommittee, Chief Judges Council, 2017-present
Chair, Uniform Jury Instruction-Civil Committee, 2016-present
Member, State Bar of New Mexico, 1999-present
Appellate Judges Conference Member/Judicial Division Executive Committee/New Mexico State Delegate, American Bar Association, present