New state Supreme Court justice is sworn in
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Apr. 17—SANTA FE — Justice David Thomson was sworn in Wednesday as chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He was elected to the position by his colleagues on the five-member court and will serve a two-year term. He succeeds Shannon Bacon, who has served as chief justice since 2022. She swore in Thomson on Wednesday.
Thomson, born and raised in Santa Fe, is the 43rd person to serve as chief justice since statehood. Before joining the state's highest court, he served as a judge on the 1st Judicial District Court, worked as a sole practitioner in a private law practice and held several legal positions in the state attorney general's office, including deputy attorney and director of the litigation division.
Thomson received his law degree from the University of Denver College of Law in 1998, and earned an undergraduate degree in economics and government from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Before attending law school, he was a legislative aide for now-retired U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman.
