The New Mexico Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is established and its powers defined by Article VI of the New Mexico Constitution. It is primarily an appellate court which reviews civil and criminal decisions of New Mexico's trial courts of general jurisdiction and certain specialized legislative courts,only having original jurisdiction in a limited number of actions. It currently resides in the New Mexico Supreme Court Building in Santa Fe.
The Sturm College of Law is the professional graduate law school of the University of Denver. It is one of two law schools in the state of Colorado. Founded in 1892,the Sturm College of Law was one of the first in America's Mountain West. The college is located on the University of Denver's campus,about seven miles south of downtown Denver. According to Denver Law's 2017 ABA-required disclosures,67.9% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time,long-term,JD-required employment nine months after graduation,excluding solo practitioners.
Thomas Jewett Mabry was an American attorney,politician and judge,who was chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1939–46) and the 14th governor of New Mexico (1947–51).
Merritt Cramer Mechem was an American politician who served as territorial Supreme Court justice and fifth governor of New Mexico.
Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr. is an American lawyer who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2010 to 2023. He also previously sat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1996 to 2010. On February 9,2010,he was confirmed to his seat on the Third Circuit,filling the vacancy created by Justice Samuel Alito's elevation to the United States Supreme Court. Greenaway had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama.
David Chávez Jr. was an American attorney and jurist who served as a judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1947 to 1950,and as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1960 to 1968.
Charles W. Daniels was a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 2007 to 2018. He was first recommended by the New Mexico Judicial Nominating Commission and appointed by Governor Bill Richardson in October 2007,won election in the 2008 general election,and was retained for an additional eight-year term in his 2010 retention election. In 2010,he was selected by his fellow Justices to serve as chief justice for a two-year term and was elected Chief Justice again in 2016. He retired on December 31,2018.
Brian Boatright is an American lawyer and judge,who is the chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. He previously served as a judge on the Colorado District Court from 1999 to 2011.
Alex Joseph Martinez is an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Colorado from 1996 to 2011.
David Wetherill Carmody was a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from January 1,1959,until his retirement on April 30,1969. He served as chief justice in 1965 and 1966.
Judith Nakamura is an American judge and former chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. She was appointed to the court by Governor Susana Martinez in 2015,and was re-elected in November 2016.
Barbara J. Vigil is an American attorney and jurist who served as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 2012 to 2021.
Gary L. Clingman is a former Associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
Michael Edward Vigil is an American attorney and jurist serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. He formerly was a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
C. Shannon Bacon is an American attorney,legal scholar,and jurist serving as the chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
David K. Thomson is an American attorney and jurist who has served as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2019.
Pamela Burgy Minzner was the New Mexico Supreme Court’s first female chief justice.
Briana H. Zamora is an American attorney and judge serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court since 2021. She is a former judge of the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
Daniel J. Gallegos is an American attorney,a former judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals in Santa Fe,New Mexico,and a former district judge on the Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County,New Mexico. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Eugene David Lujan was a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 1945 to 1959.
