District Court Judge Shannon Broderick Bulman

NMSC News:

SANTA FE — First Judicial District Court Judge Shannon Broderick Bulman retires Jan.1 after serving six years on the bench.

“It has been my privilege and honor to serve the people of the First Judicial District,” Judge Bulman said. “I have strived to fairly and impartially resolve cases based on the evidence and the law, and considering the best interests of children, families and other individuals involved.”

“Judge Bulman will be greatly missed,” Chief Judge Bryan Biedscheid said. “She brought a compassionate approach to helping families and a dedication to the law in presiding over emotionally charged situations in domestic relations cases.”

Domestic relations cases range from child custody and divorce disputes to kinship guardianship and domestic violence proceedings. 

Judge Bulman was appointed to the district court in January 2020, filling a vacancy from the retirement of Judge Raymond Ortiz. She previously worked as a domestic relations hearing officer in the First Judicial District of Santa Fe, Los Alamos and Rio Arriba counties. She served as a Santa Fe County probate judge in 2015-2017, and was an attorney in the private practice of law. She received her law degree from the University of New Mexico in 1989.

Under state law, the governor will appoint Judge Bulman’s successor. An independent judicial nominating commission screens applicants for a judicial vacancy and recommends nominees to the governor for possible appointment.