C. Shannon Bacon takes over as chief justice of New Mexico Supreme Court

SANTA FE – Justice C. Shannon Bacon was sworn in Wednesday, April 13 as chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court docket, a place she was chosen for by her colleagues. 

Bacon was elected to the place of chief justice by her fellow justices on the five-member court docket and can serve a time period expiring in April 2024. She succeeds Justice Michael Vigil, who served as chief justice since 2020.

“It’s a super honor to steer the Judiciary,” Bacon mentioned in a information launch. “I stay up for working with the Judiciary, State Bar, and our justice companions to advance justice for all.”

The chief justice performs each court docket and administrative duties. Along with presiding over supreme court docket hearings and conferences, the chief justice serves as the executive authority over personnel, budgets and basic operations of all state courts and acts as an advocate for the judiciary on legislative, funds and different issues.

Bacon was appointed to the Supreme Court docket in 2019, and received election in 2020. Earlier than becoming a member of the state’s highest court docket, she served as a choose on the Second Judicial District Court docket for practically 9 years and was the presiding civil choose.

Along with her new obligations on the court docket, Bacon leads the judiciary’s efforts relating to entry to justice, guardianship and conservatorship reform, eviction and foreclosures applications and fairness and justice reform.

The brand new chief justice took the oath of workplace throughout a ceremony within the Supreme Court docket’s courtroom in Santa Fe Wednesday, which was reside streamed for judges and court docket workers throughout the state.

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