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# Daniel A. Bryant

Twelfth Judicial District Court · Chief Judge

## Profile

- Court: Twelfth Judicial District Court
- State: New Mexico
- Role: Chief Judge
- Service status: active

## Summary

Daniel A. Bryant — Twelfth Judicial District Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- Daniel A. Bryant has held the position of a judge of New Mexico’s Twelfth Judicial District Court since September 2015
- He has also held the role of Chairman of the Lincoln County Juvenile Justice Board since 2015
- His court biography also describes service chairing the Lincoln County Juvenile Justice Board since 2015, work on the New Mexico Sentencing Commission and guardianship revision group, and leadership of two adult treatment courts
- Position: Chief Judge, 12th Judicial District Court, Department III

### Education

- A native New Mexican, he graduated from Albuquerque High School, obtained a B.A. at New Mexico Highlands University and a J.D. at the University of New Mexico.

### Additional information

- Appointments: Appointed by former Governor Susana Martinez on June 26, 2015, to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Karen L. Parsons
- overseeing youth diversion programs
- After law school he established his home in Ruidoso and practiced in the Twelfth Judicial District for thirty-eight years before taking the bench.
- The court identifies him as the chief judge of Division III and describes a general jurisdiction docket covering Lincoln and Otero counties, among them criminal, civil, family, probate, administrative and children’s court matters.

## Sources

- [New Mexico Courts judge directory](https://twelfthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/)
- [twelfthdistrict.nmcourts.gov](https://twelfthdistrict.nmcourts.gov/about-this-district/judges/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [New Mexico Rule 23-107 — media coverage](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-16ed52dd2958e6571bf2469d) — 2018 dated rule; not extended to Municipal Courts. Media coverage exceptions and judicial control apply. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.