David Thomson | |
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Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court | |
Assumed office April 17, 2024 | |
Preceded by | C. Shannon Bacon |
Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court | |
Assumed office February 4,2019 | |
Appointed by | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
Preceded by | Petra Jimenez Maes |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967or1968(age 55–56) Santa Fe,New Mexico,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Wesleyan University (BA) University of Denver (JD) |
David K. Thomson (born 1967 or 1968) [1] is an American attorney and jurist who has served as the chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2024 and as a justice of the court since 2019.
Thomson was born and raised in Santa Fe,New Mexico. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Denver School of Law. [2]
He was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 1999. After graduating law school,he worked as a sole practitioner in Santa Fe and clerked under Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He previously worked for more than a decade in the New Mexico Attorney General's Office,where he served as deputy attorney general and director of the litigation division. [3] [4]
Thomson was appointed to the District Court by Governor Bill Richardson. [5] He served as a district court judge in the first judicial district from 2014 until his elevation to the Supreme Court. [4]
In December 2018,Thomson was one of fourteen applicants who applied for two upcoming vacancies on the New Mexico Supreme Court. [6] On January 11,2019,the nominating commission submitted his name along with six others to fill the vacancies. [7] On January 25,2019,Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her selection of Thomson to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Petra Jimenez Maes. [8] [4] He was sworn in on February 4,2019. [9] He was sworn in as the chief justice on April 17,2024. [10]
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