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# Richard C. Bosson

New Mexico Supreme Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: New Mexico Supreme Court
- State: New Mexico
- Role: Judge
- Service status: former
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Judge, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2002-present
- American jurist best known for his service as a Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court from 2002 until his retirement on October 30, 2015
- New Mexico Court of Appeals: Judge — 1994–2002, including two years as Chief Judge (2001–2002)
- Earlier work included Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund legal aid in Albuquerque, a teaching fellowship in Bogotá, consumer-protection and civil-division work at the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, and Santa Fe private practice at Bosson & Canepa

### Education

- University of Virginia LL.M. in Judicial Process 1998
- Wesleyan University — B.A.
- Georgetown University — J.D.
- University of Virginia School of Law

### Additional information

- Earlier career: Attorney in private practice (1981–1994) as Senior Partner of Bosson & Canepa, P.A. in Santa Fe New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Division (1976–1978) Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque and founding member of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (1970–1974) Latin American Teaching Fellowship at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (1975–1976)
- It gives a Wesleyan B.A. 1966, Georgetown J.D. 1969
- Born March 19, 1944, Baltimore, Maryland

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media electronic device coverage

Scope: statewide

New Mexico Rule 23-107 authorizes broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording in state court proceedings subject to the rule's guidelines and judicial control.

Evidence excerpt: The broadcasting, televising, photographing, and recording of court proceedings in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, district courts, magistrate courts, and metropolitan courts of the State of New Mexico are hereby authorized in accordance with the guidelines promulgated herewith.

[Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote proceedings conduct

Scope: statewide

New Mexico Judiciary remote-proceedings standards treat virtual courtrooms as formal courtroom settings and impose conduct expectations for remote participants.

Evidence excerpt: The courtroom, whether a physical in-person courtroom, or a virtual courtroom, remains a formal and serious setting where judges hear matters involving real people that affect real lives.

[New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5138/richard-c-bosson/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5138/richard-c-bosson/)
- [New Mexico Supreme Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5138/richard-c-bosson/)
- [Rule 23-107. Broadcasting, televising, photographing and recording of court proceedings](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Rule-23-107-12-20-2018.pdf)
- [New Mexico Judiciary Remote Proceedings and Meeting Standards](https://firstdistrict.nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/04/NEW-MEXICO-JUDICIARY-REMOTE-PROCEEDINGS-AND-MEETING-STANDARDS.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/5138/richard-c-bosson/)
- [Wikidata: Richard C. Bosson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16240756)

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