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# Shannon Broderick Bulman

First Judicial District Court · District Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: First Judicial District Court
- State: New Mexico
- Role: District Court Judge
- Service status: former

## Summary

Shannon Broderick Bulman — First Judicial District Court

## Biography

### Professional career

- Worked as a domestic relations hearing officer for the First Judicial District from 2017 until her district-court appointment in January 2020
- 2015–2017: Santa Fe County Probate Court judge (elected 2014)

### Education

- University of New Mexico School of Law — J.D. (1989)
- University of Connecticut — B.A. (1985)

### Additional information

- Retired from the First Judicial District Court on January 1, 2026, after six years on the district bench.
- Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed her to succeed Raymond Z. Ortiz in January 2020; she was elected in November 2020.
- Appointed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on January 10, 2020 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz
- Admitted to the New Mexico bar in 1989.
- Practiced law privately, including while serving as Santa Fe County probate judge.
- Judge Bulman’s tenure is remembered for her focus on family welfare, impartiality, and handling emotionally charged cases with care
- Under New Mexico law, the governor will appoint her successor, with nominees screened by an independent judicial nominating commission
- Judge Bulman presided over domestic relations cases — including child custody, divorce, kinship guardianship, and domestic violence proceedings — in the First Judicial District, which covers Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Rio Arriba counties.

## Sources

- [New Mexico Courts judge directory](https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2026/02/12/todd-a-coberly-appointed-to-first-judicial-district-court/)
- [District Judge Shannon Broderick Bulman retiring](https://nmcourts.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/District-Judge-Shannon-Broderick-Bulman-retiring.pdf)
- [Gov. Lujan Grisham makes judicial appointment](https://ltgov.nm.gov/newsroom/gov-lujan-grisham-makes-judicial-appointment-100003283)
- [2024 judicial evaluation: Shannon Broderick Bulman](https://nmjpec.org/en/judge-evaluation?election_id=489&year=2024)

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