314 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Doña Ana County as of July

314 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Doña Ana County as of July
Richard B. Spinello, Esq. Executive Director at the State Bar of New Mexico — State Bar of New Mexico website
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There were 314 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Doña Ana County as of July, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.

As of March 1, 2025, average lawyer salaries in New Mexico ranged from $96,460 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work (Attorney I) to $202,032 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy (Attorney V). Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earn on average $161,322 in New Mexico, compared to $174,969 nationwide.

Based on results from the February 2025 Bar Exam by the National Conference of Bar Examiners, New Mexico’s first-time pass rate was 63%, ranking it above the national average at the time. However, that also marked a notable drop from the 82% first-time pass rate in July 2024, when New Mexico was among the top 10 states for first-time passage.

For context, overall pass rates for the February 2025 bar exam were low, with only 14 states recording rates above 50%. The decline has been linked to historically low scores on the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE), which saw its lowest average since it began in 1972.

Lawyers in Doña Ana County with Active legal Licenses in July
Lawyer Name Name of Firm Admission Date
Aaqib S. Khan Salcedo and Company 06/21/2024
Aaron David Goldfarb The Goldfarb Law Firm, PLLC 09/23/2019
Aaron O. Jordan Office of the US Attorney 09/22/2006
Alan Gluth Gluth Law, LLC 04/29/2002
Alan Jefferson Dahl Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/22/2015
Albert P. Duran Jr. Law Offices of Albert Duran Jr 10/20/1994
Alejandro Acosta III Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. 05/09/2011
Alexander G. Rossario Dona Ana County Magistrate Court 04/28/2015
Allison Tamara Crist US District Court 04/29/2005
Amanda S. Skinner Office of the Federal Public Defender 06/05/2012
Amanda Victoria Garcia 10/13/2022
Amy B. Bailey New Mexico Legal Group 09/22/2006
Amy L. Orlando The Justice Legal Team, LLC 10/05/1992
Andre C. Poissant Office of the Federal Public Defender 04/20/2009
Andre Kirk Archuleta McGraw & Associates, LLC 04/29/2019
Andrea M. H. Nemmers Townsend Allala Coulter & Kludt, PLLC 03/25/2025
Andrew Joseph Cavazos Poulos & Coates, LLP 04/25/2017
Anna G. Farrell 11/29/2004
Anna M. Armistead 04/24/2018
Anne Marie Swank Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 05/21/2019
Anne Morgan Lyman 10/09/1991
Annie Lynn Lilienthal Mason Holt & Mason, P.C. 09/21/2009
Anthony F. Filosa Las Cruces Municipal Court 04/24/2014
Arthur Van Haselen III Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 01/16/2018
Ashlee M. Placencio Law Offices of the Public Defender 04/28/2015
Augustin Emanuel Ternoir TernoirLaw, P.C. 09/30/2024
Barbara Anne Johnson Plan And Protect Law Firm 09/25/2018
Barbara Mandel Office of the Federal Public Defender 10/02/1990
Ben A. Longwill Ben A. Longwill Attorney at Law 04/01/1980
Ben Stearman Furth The Furth Law Firm, P.A. 04/21/2008
Benjamin J. Young Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/25/2012
Benjamin Thomas Olson Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 08/16/2023
Bernadette Sedillo 10/05/1992
Blade M. Allen Serpe Andrews, PLLC 10/12/2023
Blaine Turner Mynatt Mynatt Springer, P.C. 10/08/1997
Brad Lane C. Cates 09/15/1975
Bradley A. Springer Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/27/2007
Bradley Douglas 04/24/2014
Brianna Champ Law Offices of the Public Defender 02/01/2022
Bryan M. Gelecki Dona Ana County Magistrate Court 04/29/2020
Cari E. Neill Dona Ana County Attorney’s Office 09/25/2018
Carl Hans Muller NM Health Care Authority Child Support Services Division 08/13/2018
Carlos Alfonso Ibarra Carlos Alfonso Ibarra Attorney at Law 05/02/2001
Carlos Montenegro Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/30/2024
Carlos R. Ruvalcaba-Trejo Markowski Ruvalcaba Law Firm, LLC 04/25/2016
Carmen E. Garza 10/07/1986
Casey Bruce Fitch Third Judicial District Court 11/05/2010
Cashmala Habib Fazal Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office 04/29/2019
Cesar P. Varela 10/05/1992
Charles J. McElhinney McElhinney Law Firm, LLC 09/29/2003
Chaz Rotenberg Office of the Federal Public Defender 01/24/2025
Christina Chavez L. Kelley 10/10/1978
Christopher K. P. Cardenas Law Office of Samuel I. Kane 09/20/2010
Christopher McNair Office of the US Attorney 09/25/2012
Christopher S. Ray 09/19/1986
Christopher S. Suarez Third Judicial District Attorneys Office 04/29/2022
Chrystian Julian Gonzalez NM Children Youth and Families Department 07/01/2020
Clara Nevarez Cobos Office of the US Attorney 09/21/2009
Clifton B. Perry Auburn University 10/22/1996
Cody R. Rogers Serpe Andrews, PLLC 09/22/2006
Concepcion J. Flores Flores Mendez Law 09/26/2008
Conrad Frederick Perea Third Judicial District Court 04/29/2005
Daisy Chaparro Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. 04/25/2016
Damian Lee Carlos Martinez US District Court 09/24/2001
Dana M. Kyle The Law Offices of Dana M. Kyle, P.A. 10/24/1995
Daniel Dixon James New Mexico State University 01/27/2000
Daniel Noah Rubin Office of the Federal Public Defender 06/03/2022
Daniel S. Hawranek Raven Law Office 04/29/2005
Darcy Riley Office of the Federal Public Defender 11/12/2004
Darren Robinson Office of the Federal Public Defender 09/08/2022
David C. McCardle Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 03/30/2021
David Codispoti Law Offices of the Public Defender 03/10/2022
David Daniel Benatar Office of the Federal Public Defender 04/25/2011
David Kale Clements 09/20/2010
David L. Skinner NM Workers’ Compensation Administration 10/05/1987
David Pierce The Law Office of David Pierce 10/08/1997
David Price Lutz Martin & Lutz, P.C. 09/20/2004
David Richard Baake Baake Law, LLC 10/16/2017
David Wayne Barr Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 07/21/2025
Deborah L. Thuman 10/22/1998
Delorean Lloyd Forbes US Navy 09/28/2021
Derek Matthew Chamberlain Law Offices of the Public Defender 04/28/2025
Devon Marie Aragon Martinez Office of the US Attorney 09/25/2018
Don J. Morrison Office of the Federal Public Defender 04/21/2008
Douglas R. Driggers Third Judicial District Court 10/09/1974
Dwight M. Kealy MSC 3fin 04/29/2020
E’Rin L. O’Connell Lilley & O’Connell, P.A. 09/22/2006
Edith Marie Reeves Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 10/07/1986
Elena Moreno Hansen Elena Moreno Hansen 09/20/2004
Elizabeth B. Driggers 09/22/2006
Elliott Alan Mohler 04/29/2005
Emily Segura 04/29/2020
Emma Rebecca Stahl Holt & Mason, P.C. 10/13/2022
Eric Smiley Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 10/12/2023
Erik M. Scramlin Tactical Legal Solutions, LLC 04/27/2012
Evangelina F. Mercado New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc. 05/09/1990
Fabiola H. Arellano Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 01/14/2025
Fermin A. Rubio 10/07/1986
Fernando R. Macias Third Judicial District Attorney 04/01/1979
Frank Depalma Law Offices of the Public Defender 08/01/2017
Fred K. Heinrich Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino 04/28/2015
Frederick D. Kennon Dona Ana County Attorney’s Office 10/24/1995
George A. Harrison 10/01/1977
George B. Yu US Department of Defense 04/25/2011
George D. Kennedy Kemp Smith, LLP 04/24/2018
George K. Farah Farah Law Group, PLLC 02/17/2023
Gerald M. Byers Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office 10/22/1996
Gerald Sterling O’Donnell Law Office of Gerald S. O’Donnell, P.A. 09/29/2003
Gia A. McGillivray Office of the Federal Public Defender 06/03/2022
Gilbert G. Valdez Gilbert G. Valdez Attorney at Law 09/16/1980
Gilberto Gomez Salcedo & Company, LLC 09/30/2024
Glenn R. Davis ScottHulse, P.C. 05/12/1999
Grace B. Duran Third Judicial District Court 05/01/1978
Graham Devin Conlon Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 11/16/2020
Gregory J. Garvey New Mexico Department of Justice 09/27/2007
Greig W. Coates Poulos & Coates, LLP 05/23/2006
Haley R. Abrams Federal Bureau of Investigation 04/28/2025
Haley R. Grant Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/20/2016
Hannah Marie Clayshulte Gluth Law 06/21/2024
Heather Cosentino Chavez New Mexico State University 09/24/2001
Henry G. Cabrera Jr. The Cabrera Law Firm, P.C. 10/02/1990
Henry J. Becker 11/04/2022
Herman E. Ortiz Herman E. Ortiz Attorney at Law 10/02/1990
Hunter A. Thomas Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/30/2024
Isaac Alejandro Morales Mann Morrow, PLLC 05/07/2024
Isabel Jerabek Third Judicial District Court 09/26/2005
Isaiah X. Herrera New Mexico State University 05/15/2018
Isidro Salcedo Salcedo & Company, LLC 10/16/2017
Ismael L. Camacho New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc. 10/08/1997
Israel S. Chavez Law Offices of Israel Chavez 09/23/2019
Jacob Streeter Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/23/2013
Jacqueline Bennett Jacqueline Bennett, LLC 09/27/2007
James Andrew Dickens United States Attorney’s Office 10/08/1998
James Daniel Tawney Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. 05/09/2011
James Francis Tiu Law Offices of the Public Defender 06/24/2022
James Prentice Derossitt IV 05/20/2024
James Thomas Martin Third Judicial District Court 10/09/1991
James Waylon Counts 10/05/1981
Jane Greek Federal Criminal Defense, LLC 05/04/1998
Jannette Alicia Mondragon 04/24/2018
Jared Abrams Almanza Abrams, P.A. 10/08/1998
Jeanette Elizabeth Skow 03/26/2018
Jeanne Hetzel Quintero Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 10/04/1999
Jeffery W. McElroy Lovett Law Frim 05/02/2001
Jeffrey C. Lahann The Lahann Law Firm 10/09/1991
Jennifer L. Munson Jennifer L. Munson Attorney at Law 11/02/1993
Jennifer Marie Meyer 08/01/2022
Jerome A. O’Connell Lilley & O’Connell, P.A. 09/22/2006
Jerry H. Ritter United States Courts 11/13/1987
Jessica Dawn Kane Kane Personal Injury 04/06/2022
Jessica Jazmin Insurriaga Insurriaga Law, LLC 09/28/2021
Jessica L. Streeter Streeter Law Firm 09/25/2014
Jessica R. Martin Federal Public Defender District of New Mexico 09/25/2012
Jill Valerie Johnson Vigil Law Office of Jill V. Johnson Vigil, LLC 10/03/2000
Jocelyn Amelia Garrison 04/25/2011
Joel T. Newton Joel T. Newton, P.A. 10/02/1990
John David Beasley Beasley Legal, P.C. 09/25/2014
Jonathan C. Miller Crotalus Law, LLC 10/05/1988
Joni Autrey Stahl Office of the US Attorney 04/24/2014
Jose Ramiro Coronado Jose R. Coronado, P.C. 04/12/1984
Joseph K. Cervantes Cervantes Law Firm, P.C. 10/09/1991
Joseph M. Holmes Joseph M. Holmes, P.A. 10/01/1976
Joshua Dwyer ScottHulse, P.C. 09/21/2009
Joshua L. Smith Law Office of Joshua L. Smith, LLC 09/27/2007
Kaitlyn Faith Gonzalez Mynatt Springer, P.C. 05/07/2024
Karen Elaine Wootton Karen E. Wootton Legal Services, P.C. 11/02/1993
Karina Rocha Office of the Staff Judge Advocate 09/25/2018
Karl Rysted 09/22/2015
Katalina Elizabeth Hadfield Law Offices of the Public Defender 10/12/2023
Kathryn Joy Brack Morrow Mann Morrow, PLLC 04/24/2006
Kelly S. O’Connell Kelly O’Connell Law 11/21/2008
Kenneth G. Egan Kenneth G. Egan Law Office 10/09/1991
Kenneth John Gonzales US District Court 10/20/1994
Kent E. Yalkut Third Judicial District Court 12/17/1991
Kevin J. McBride NM Children Youth and Families Department 06/13/2017
Kevin R. Sweazea US District Court 10/05/1988
Krista L. Bailey Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/23/2019
Kristen Rae Dickey 05/10/2013
Kristofer C. Knutson Law Offices of the Public Defender 12/09/1996
Kurtis R. Donisthorpe The Donisthorpe Law Offices, LLC 04/28/2015
Kyle H. Moberly Law Office of Kyle H. Moberly, P.C. 01/16/1986
Kyrsten Horgan Third Judicial District Court 06/24/2025
Lara A. Smalls Law Offices of the Public Defender 01/12/2001
Larissa N. Duran Duran Law Offices 09/25/2014
Larry Heyeck State of New Mexico – Health Care Authority 10/05/1987
Laura M. Castille Castille Law, LLC 04/28/2015
Lauren Amanda Mullins Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/25/2014
Lauren L. Armstrong Origin Immigration Law 09/21/2009
Linda L. Flores Dona Ana County Magistrate Court 10/08/1997
Lindsay Ann Mcdonell-Benatar Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/25/2012
Lisa C. Schultz 10/07/1985
Lisa Lynn Henderson New Mexico State University 05/07/2024
Lizbeth G. Ellis 09/26/1984
Lloyd O. Bates Jr. Bates Law Firm 09/21/1973
Manuel E. Lopez III Scherr Legate, PLLC 11/16/2020
Manuel I. Arrieta Third Judicial District Court 09/26/1984
Margaret Charlotte Cornelia Benny 10/20/1994
Maria M. Laverde Maria M. Laverde Attorney at Law 10/20/1994
Mariano A. Torrez Mario Torrez Attorney at Law 06/01/1979
Marie Legrand Miller MLM Avocate, LLC 09/22/2006
Mario A. Esparza 04/01/1979
Mario A. R. Carreon Mario AR Carreon Attorney at Law 10/05/1992
Marisa Porras Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. 11/08/2021
Mark A. Reeves Law Office of Mark A. Reeves 05/25/1993
Mark A. Saltman Office of the US Attorney 10/04/1999
Mark D’Antonio Mark Dantonio Law, LLC 07/09/1999
Mark Edward Gemoets Law Office of Mark Gemoets 09/26/2008
Mark Louis Noferi New Mexico Department of Justice 07/14/2025
Mark Pickett The Pickett Law Firm, LLC 10/22/1996
Mark Standridge Tawney Acosta Chaparro, P.C. 09/22/2006
Matthew G. Watson Matthew Watson Attorney at Law, LLC 09/29/2003
Matthew J. Madrid Law Office of Matt Madrid 09/29/2003
Matthew P. Holt 10/01/1982
Melissa J. Reeves-Evins Melissa J. Reeves, P.C. 11/02/1993
Melissa K. Force New Mexico Spaceport Authority 08/01/2017
Meredith Grace Carvell Law Offices of the Public Defender 10/13/2022
Micah M. E. Standridge Third Judicial District Court 09/27/2007
Michael A. Reyes Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/25/2018
Michael E. Cain The Law Office of Michael E. Cain 05/02/2001
Michael James Dugan Adelante Legal Services, LLC 09/08/1998
Michael L. Stout Law Offices of Michael L. Stout 10/01/1976
Michele Ungvarsky E-Law 05/23/1995
Michelle E. Pickett NM Children Youth and Families Department 09/27/2007
Mick I. R. Gutierrez 05/01/1981
Mike G. Paulowsky B. & B. Consultants 05/02/1977
Mikka Amelia Burrell Beasley Legal, P.C. 09/25/2018
Mohit Agarwal Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 05/06/2025
Mollie C. McGraw McGraw & Associates, LLC 09/27/2007
Molly Kicklighter New Mexico Legal Group 04/25/2011
Morgan R. Lyman Morgan Lyman Esq 05/13/1982
Nancy A. Oretskin 01/02/1991
Nathan William Graff NM Magistrate Courts 09/23/2019
Nelson J. Goodin Third Judicial District Attorney 10/16/2000
Nia Rucker New Mexico Department of Justice 09/26/2008
Nicholas Hamilton Kyle 10/24/2024
Norman Osborne 10/07/1986
Ofelia Infante-Garcia Infante-Garcia Law Office 10/05/1992
Oscar Cobos LexisNexis 09/25/2018
Patrick Scott Field New Mexico State University 09/21/2009
Paul Darby Hibner The Furth Law Firm, P.A. 04/25/2016
Paul Michael Gayle-Smith Law Offices of Paul M. Gayle-Smith 04/24/2006
Pedro Pineda Pedro Pineda Attorney at Law 09/20/2004
Peter J. Giovannini Law Office of Peter J. Giovannini, P.C. 05/26/1994
Peter M. Ossorio 10/22/1996
Phyl Bean New Mexico Health Care Authority 03/20/2023
Preston J. Paschall 10/22/2001
Ralph William Richards Jobe Materials LP 09/21/1973
Ramon Hernandez Ramon Hernandez Law, LLC 04/29/2019
Randy Castellano Office of the US Attorney 10/08/1997
Randy Keith Clark Randy K. Clark, P.C. 05/01/1995
Raul A. Carrillo Jr. Carrillo Law Firm, P.C. 10/05/1988
Raul Mijares Jr. 10/13/2022
Raymond G. Conley Law Offices of the Public Defender 04/24/2014
Raymond L. Romero Carrillo Law Firm, P.C. 01/10/1994
Rebecca C. Duffin Dona Ana County Magistrate Court 09/20/2010
Renee Lyn Camacho Office of the US Attorney 10/22/1996
Ricardo Jose Pena Mynatt Springer, P.C. 02/09/2024
Richard B. Wellborn Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 05/23/1995
Richard Callaway Williams Office of the US Attorney 05/05/2003
Richard M. Jacquez Third Judicial District Court 10/04/1999
Robert L. Sharpe Jr. Robert L. Sharpe Jr Attorney at Law 04/29/2020
Robert Lara Jr. Third Judicial District Court 04/20/2009
Roberto A. Cabello Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/27/2007
Rocio A. Ocano State of New Mexico 10/03/2017
Romulo D. Valdez Law Offices of the Public Defender 08/16/2023
Rosanne Camunez Camunez Law Firm, P.C. 04/18/1985
Rosenda Chavez-Lara Dona Ana Magistrate Court 04/28/2015
Roxanna A. Mason Law Offices of the Public Defender 10/12/2023
Roxanna Marie Chacon 09/24/2001
Ruben Trey Arvizu III Arvizu Law Office 04/27/1992
Russell Anthony Murray Lovett & Murray, P.C. 04/28/2025
Russell Dean Clark Russell Dean Clark, LLC 05/02/2001
Salvador Alejandro Guardiola II Rio Grande Estate Planning, LLC 02/28/2019
Samantha Madrid 05/18/2010
Samantha R. Barncastle Barncastle Law Firm 09/20/2010
Samuel Isaiah Kane Samuel I. Kane, P.A. 04/29/2005
Samuel Mccallum Olmstead Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/22/2015
Sara Elizabeth Woods Mynatt Springer, P.C. 09/20/2016
Sarah M. Davenport US District Court 09/22/2006
Sarah Van Cott Advanced Legal Resolutions, LLC 04/30/2013
Scott Ludlow Apparent Legal Group, LLC 10/12/2023
Selesia Lee Winston Office of the US Attorney 09/26/2011
Shaharazad Mcdowell Booth Shaharazad McDowell Booth Attorney at Law, LLC 09/26/2011
Shane A. English Keithly & English, LLC 10/07/1986
Shane W. Jennings Law Office of William S. Jennings, LLC 07/28/2016
Sharayah Newton Dietz Sharayah Newton Dietz, P.A. 11/16/2020
Sharice Ogas Pacheco Pacheco Law Office, LLC 04/25/2016
Shelton James Cotton Mynatt Springer, P.C. 06/07/2023
Silvia Teresa Delgado United States Attorneys Office 04/25/2011
Spencer W. Willson Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 05/20/2021
Stephanie Townsend Allala Townsend Allala Coulter & Kludt 02/28/2019
Stephen L. Stevers Administrative Hearings Office 10/09/1991
Steven Kyle Armstrong 09/21/2009
Steven L. Hernandez Law Office of Steven L. Hernandez, P.C. 05/05/1978
Steven Lloyd Sage Steven Lloyd Sage Attorney at Law 10/22/1996
Steven Lorenzo Almanza Almanza Abrams, P.A. 09/30/2002
Susana Macias The Justice Legal Team, LLC 09/23/2019
Susanna Lynn Stadjuhar 04/29/2022
Tammy Renee Jeschke New Mexico Health Care Authority 04/12/2023
Terri J. Abernathy Office of the US Attorney 10/08/1997
Theodore Raymundo Markowski Markowski Ruvalcaba Law Firm, LLC 04/24/2018
Thomas Guerra Law Office Thomas Guerra 09/20/2004
Thomas R. A. Limon Rio Grande Estate Planning, LLC 04/24/2014
Tim Chelpaty Tim Chelpaty Law Offices 07/15/1983
Timothy Nuccio Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/23/2013
Tomas A. Medina Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office 09/25/2014
Tyler McCormick Law Offices of the Public Defender 09/23/2013
Vanessa E. de Leon De Leon & Associates Education Law Firm 11/16/2020
Vanessa Y. Chandler Relyant Global, LLC 02/28/2019
Victor F. Poulos Poulos & Coates, LLP 10/01/1981
Victoria J. Trull Office of the Federal Public Defender 10/12/2023
William Joseph Corbett William J. Corbett Attorney at Law 05/04/1998
William L. Lutz Martin & Lutz, P.C. 01/01/1970
Xavier Edward Acosta Law Offices of Xavier Edward Acostau 05/16/1991


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