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| Shannon Bacon | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| New Mexico Second Judicial District Court | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 2010-1/1/2016 |
| Preceded by: | Geraldine E. Rivera |
| Past position: | Shareholder, Sutin, Thayer & Browne P.A. |
| Past term: | 2005-2010 |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | Creighton University |
| Law School: | Creighton University School of Law |
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C. Shannon Bacon is a district court judge in the Second Judicial District of New Mexico. She was appointed to this position in April of 2010 to replace the retired judge Geraldine E. Rivera.[1] Her current term ends on January 1, 2016.
Education
Judge Bacon attended Creighton University for her Bachelor of Arts in History, Secondary Education, and Spanish. She graduated from Creighton University School of Law with her Juris Doctor.[2][3]
Career
- 2005 to 2010 - A Shareholder at Sutin, Thayer & Browne P.A.
- 1999 to 2005 - A Shareholder at Eaves, Bardacke, Baugh, Kierst & Kiernan
- 1997 to 1999 - A Judicial Clerk to the Honorable A. Joseph Alarid on the New Mexico Court of Appeals
- 1996 to 1997 - A Teaching and Research Assistant at Creighton University School of Law
- 1996 - A Law Clerk for William E. Snead, Esq.
- 1995-1996 - A Law Clerk for Bethpage Mission[2]
Bar Admissions
- New Mexico, 1997
- New Mexico Federal District Court, 1998
- 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1998[2]
Awards and associations
- Member of the State Bar of New Mexico from 1997 to present.
- Past Board Member and Member of the State Bar of New Mexico, Appellate Practice Section from 2004 to present.
- Past-President and Member of the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association from 1998 to present.
- Member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association from 1997 to present.
- Member of the Albuquerque Bar Association from 2005 to present.
- Member of the American Bar Association from 1997 to present.
- Member of the American Association for Justice from 1997 to present.[2]
2010 election
Bacon defeated opponent Lori L. Millet in the Democratic primary election. She ran unopposed in the general election receiving 100% of the vote.[4]
- Main article: New Mexico judicial elections, 2010
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