C. Shannon Bacon (born 1971 or 1972)[1] is an American attorney, legal scholar, and jurist serving as a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court.
[3] After graduating from law school, Bacon returned to Albuquerque, where she was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 1997.
She was formerly partner at a pair of Albuquerque law firms and clerked under Judge A. Joseph Alarid at the New Mexico Court of Appeals.
[4] Bacon is an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she teaches courses on evidence and trial practice.
[7] On January 25, 2019 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her pick of Bacon to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Charles W.