Bryan T. Fox

Professional career

Education

Additional information

• Fox completed studies at the University of New Mexico School of Law and has been a member of the New Mexico Bar since 1996.
• Bryan Fox was appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in December 2024 to fill the vacancy left by Judge Gerard J. Lavelle.
• Appointed to Division XI of New Mexico’s Second Judicial District Court family division in December 2024.
• He officially assumed office on December 19, 2024 and serves in the Family Division of the Second Judicial District Court, which is the largest trial court in New Mexico, located in Bernalillo County.
• Before his appointment, Fox had nearly 30 years of experience in family law, including divorce, custody, adoption, and domestic relations cases.
• As a Family Division judge, Fox presides over sensitive legal matters such as child welfare, divorce, custody, and domestic violence cases.
• Before judicial service he was president of Wolf & Fox, with family, business, employment and civil litigation practice.
• President of Wolf & Fox, P.C., where he also led the Employment, Labor, and Benefits Practice Group and created the Employment Law Institute to assist business leaders with compliance and employee relations.
• He has developed programs for mediation and settlement facilitation to reduce litigation costs and stress for families and businesses.
• He led an employment, labor and benefits practice group and developed employment compliance and mediation programs.
• The governor announced the appointment December 19 and the court’s notice records his swearing-in December 26.
• He succeeded Gerard J. Lavelle.
• His work included special master and settlement facilitator appointments in domestic relations cases and volunteering with the Peter Johnstone Settlement Day program.