Admitted
1971, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
Law School
University of New Mexico, J.D., 1971
Law School Graduation Year
1971
College
University of New Mexico, B.B.A., 1966
Memberships
State Bar of New Mexico (Member: Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, 1995—; Board of Bar Commissioners, 1991-1994); New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1986-1987; Member, Board of Directors, 1985-1993; Chairperson, Publications Section, 1985-1986; Public Relations Committee, 1986)
Biographical
Recipient, Public Justice Achievement Award, The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Boston, Massachusetts, July, 1996. Editor-In-Chief, New Mexico Law Review and Natural Resources Journal, 1970-1971. Editor, Litigation Series, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, 1984-1988. Law Clerk to Hon. Howard C. Bratton, United States District Judge, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1971-1972. Author: Credit Bureaus and Consumers: Regulation and Remedy in New Mexico, Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 10, Page 171, (1971); The Family Legal Check-Up: A Guide to Planning and Drafting Wills for Middle Income Couples with Minor Children, New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 8, Page 171, (1978); For Love or Money - Actions Arising Out of Confidential Relationships, The New Mexico Trial Lawyer, Vol. X, No. 3, Part One, March, 1982, Vol. XI, No. 4, Part Two, April, 1983. Presentations: Chairperson, 1995, 1996 and Co-Chairperson, 1999, 2002, Annual Probate Institutes, CLE; Significant Developments in Probate Law, State Bar Convention, CLE, 1996; Will Contests & Litigation, Annual Probate Institutes, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993; Guardianship and Conservatorship Reform in NM - A Little Help for the Practitioner, CLE, July 15, 1989; Will Contests, 1987 and 1988 and Guardianships/Conservatorships, 1987, New Mexico Practical Probate; Attorney Liability to Third-Party Beneficiaries, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, November 5, 1993. Adjunct Professor of Law, University of New Mexico School of Law, 1972-1980, 1999. Member, Board of Directors, University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni Association, 1971-1983. Trustee, Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 1992-1996. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.