Background
Kaufman, Bruce Eric was born on November 28, 1929 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Son of Arthur Dale and Ann M. (Hermansen) Kaufman.
Kaufman, Bruce Eric was born on November 28, 1929 in Anderson, Indiana, United States. Son of Arthur Dale and Ann M. (Hermansen) Kaufman.
AB, DePauw University, 1951; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1956.
Assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, Springfield, 1956-1957; associate, Dixon & Seidenfield, Waukegan, Illinois, 1957-1960; partner, Kaufman, Strouse, Wasneski & Yastrow, 1961-1968; chief deputy district attorney, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1973-1975; assistant attorney general, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1975-1977; district court judge, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, 1977-1994; retired, 1994; arbitrator, pro-tem tribal judge, Jicarilla Apache Tribe. Past chief legal advisor New Mexico State Police. Past instructor New Mexico LawEnforcement Academy.
Captain United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1948-1962. Member American Bar Association (past vice Chairman of Commission on implementation of justice standardsand goals, past regional representative criminal justice ethics committee), New Mexico Bar Association, 1st District Bar Association.
Married Hazel Gordon. Children: Robert, Jaclyn.