There were 306 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Dona Ana County as of May, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
As of 2023, the average salary for a lawyer in New Mexico is around $93,034 per year.
There is a severe lawyer shortage in New Mexico. Two counties in New Mexico have no attorneys, while 21% of the state’s counties have no more than five lawyers.
Not all lawyers with active licenses to practice are represented in the table below.
Lawyers in Dona Ana County with active legal licenses in May
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm |
|---|---|
| Aaqib S. Khan | Salcedo and Company |
| Aaron David Goldfarb | The Goldfarb Law Firm, PLLC |
| Aaron O. Jordan | Office of the US Attorney |
| Alan Gluth | Gluth Law, LLC |
| Alan Jefferson Dahl | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Albert P. Duran Jr. | Law Offices of Albert Duran Jr |
| Alejandro Acosta III | Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. |
| Alexander G. Rossario | Dona Ana County Magistrate Court |
| Allison Tamara Crist | US District Court |
| Amanda S. Skinner | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Amanda Victoria Garcia | |
| Amber Monique Castro | |
| Amy B. Bailey | New Mexico Legal Group |
| Amy L. Orlando | The Justice Legal Team, LLC |
| Andre C. Poissant | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Andre Kirk Archuleta | McGraw & Associates, LLC |
| Andrew Joseph Cavazos | Poulos & Coates, LLP |
| Anna G. Farrell | |
| Anna M. Armistead | |
| Annamarie Delovato | |
| Anne Morgan Lyman | |
| Annie Lynn Lilienthal Mason | Holt & Mason, P.C. |
| Anthony F. Filosa | Las Cruces Municipal Court |
| Ashlee M. Placencio | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Barbara Anne Johnson | Plan And Protect Law Firm |
| Barbara Mandel | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Ben A. Longwill | Ben A. Longwill Attorney at Law |
| Ben Stearman Furth | The Furth Law Firm, P.A. |
| Benjamin J. Young | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Benjamin Thomas Olson | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Bernadette Sedillo | |
| Blade M. Allen | Serpe Andrews, PLLC |
| Blaine Turner Mynatt | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Brad Lane C. Cates | |
| Bradley A. Springer | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Bradley Douglas | |
| Brianna Champ | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Bryan M. Gelecki | Dona Ana County Magistrate Court |
| Carlos Alfonso Ibarra | Carlos Alfonso Ibarra Attorney at Law |
| Carlos Montenegro | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Carlos R. Ruvalcaba-Trejo | Markowski Ruvalcaba Law Firm, LLC |
| Carmen E. Garza | |
| Casey Bruce Fitch | Third Judicial District Court |
| Cashmala Habib Fazal | Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Cesar P. Varela | |
| Charles J. McElhinney | McElhinney Law Firm, LLC |
| Chaz Rotenberg | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Christina Chavez L. Kelley | |
| Christopher K. P. Cardenas | Law Office of Samuel I. Kane |
| Christopher McNair | Office of the US Attorney |
| Christopher S. Ray | |
| Christopher S. Suarez | Third Judicial District Attorneys Office |
| Chrystian Julian Gonzalez | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Clara Nevarez Cobos | Office of the US Attorney |
| Clifton B. Perry | Auburn University |
| Cody R. Rogers | Serpe Andrews, PLLC |
| Concepcion J. Flores | Flores Mendez Law |
| Conrad Frederick Perea | Third Judicial District Court |
| Daisy Chaparro | Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. |
| Damian Lee Carlos Martinez | US District Court |
| Dana M. Kyle | The Law Offices of Dana M. Kyle, P.A. |
| Daniel Dixon James | New Mexico State University |
| Daniel Noah Rubin | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Daniel S. Hawranek | Raven Law Office |
| Darcy Riley | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Darren Robinson | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| David Codispoti | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| David Daniel Benatar | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| David Kale Clements | |
| David L. Skinner | NM Workers’ Compensation Administration |
| David Pierce | The Law Office of David Pierce |
| David Price Lutz | Martin & Lutz, P.C. |
| David Richard Baake | Baake Law, LLC |
| Deborah L. Thuman | |
| Delorean Lloyd Forbes | US Navy |
| Derek Matthew Chamberlain | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Devon Marie Aragon Martinez | Office of the US Attorney |
| Don J. Morrison | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Douglas R. Driggers | Third Judicial District Court |
| Doyle Gregory Bradford | Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Dwight M. Kealy | MSC 3fin |
| E’Rin L. O’Connell | Lilley & O’Connell, P.A. |
| Edith Marie Reeves | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Elena Moreno Hansen | Elena Moreno Hansen |
| Elizabeth B. Driggers | |
| Elliott Alan Mohler | |
| Emily Segura | |
| Emma Rebecca Stahl | Holt & Mason, P.C. |
| Eric Smiley | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Evangelina F. Mercado | New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc. |
| Fabiola H. Arellano | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Fermin A. Rubio | |
| Fernando R. Macias | Third Judicial District Attorney |
| Fred K. Heinrich | Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino |
| Frederick D. Kennon | Dona Ana County Attorney’s Office |
| George A. Harrison | |
| George B. Yu | US Department of Defense |
| George D. Kennedy | Kemp Smith, LLP |
| George K. Farah | Farah Law Group, PLLC |
| Gerald M. Byers | Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Gerald Sterling O’Donnell | Law Office of Gerald S. O’Donnell, P.A. |
| Gia A. McGillivray | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| Gilbert G. Valdez | Gilbert G. Valdez Attorney at Law |
| Gilberto Gomez | Salcedo & Company, LLC |
| Glenn R. Davis | ScottHulse, P.C. |
| Grace B. Duran | Third Judicial District Court |
| Graham Devin Conlon | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Gregory J. Garvey | NM Doj |
| Greig W. Coates | Poulos & Coates, LLP |
| Haley R. Abrams | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Haley R. Grant | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Hannah Marie Clayshulte | Gluth Law |
| Heather Cosentino Chavez | New Mexico State University |
| Henry G. Cabrera Jr. | The Cabrera Law Firm, P.C. |
| Henry J. Becker | City of Las Cruces |
| Herbert M. Strassberg | NM Public Safety Department |
| Herman E. Ortiz | Herman E. Ortiz Attorney at Law |
| Hunter A. Thomas | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Isaac Alejandro Morales | Mann Morrow, PLLC |
| Isabel Jerabek | Third Judicial District Court |
| Isaiah X. Herrera | New Mexico State University |
| Isidro Salcedo | Salcedo & Company, LLC |
| Ismael L. Camacho | New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc. |
| Israel S. Chavez | Law Offices of Israel Chavez |
| Jacob Streeter | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Jacqueline Bennett | Jacqueline Bennett, LLC |
| James Andrew Dickens | United States Attorney’s Office |
| James Daniel Tawney | Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. |
| James Francis Tiu | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| James Naylor Vancleave | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| James Prentice Derossitt IV | City of Las Cruces |
| James Thomas Martin | Third Judicial District Court |
| James Waylon Counts | |
| Jane Greek | Federal Criminal Defense, LLC |
| Jannette Alicia Mondragon | |
| Jared Abrams | Almanza Abrams, P.A. |
| Jeanette Elizabeth Skow | |
| Jeanne Hetzel Quintero | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Jeffery W. McElroy | Lovett Law Frim |
| Jeffrey C. Lahann | The Lahann Law Firm |
| Jennifer L. Munson | Jennifer L. Munson Attorney at Law |
| Jennifer Marie Meyer | |
| Jerome A. O’Connell | Lilley & O’Connell, P.A. |
| Jerry H. Ritter | United States Courts |
| Jessica Dawn Kane | Kane Personal Injury |
| Jessica Jazmin Insurriaga | Insurriaga Law, LLC |
| Jessica L. Streeter | Streeter Law Firm |
| Jessica R. Martin | Federal Public Defender District of New Mexico |
| Jill Valerie Johnson Vigil | Law Office of Jill V. Johnson Vigil, LLC |
| Jocelyn Amelia Garrison | City of Las Cruces |
| Joel T. Newton | Joel T. Newton, P.A. |
| John David Beasley | Beasley Legal, P.C. |
| Joni Autrey Stahl | Office of the US Attorney |
| Jose Ramiro Coronado | Jose R. Coronado, P.C. |
| Joseph K. Cervantes | Cervantes Law Firm, P.C. |
| Joseph M. Holmes | Joseph M. Holmes, P.A. |
| Joshua Dwyer | ScottHulse, P.C. |
| Joshua L. Smith | Law Office of Joshua L. Smith, LLC |
| Kaitlyn Faith Gonzalez | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Karen Elaine Wootton | Karen E. Wootton Legal Services, P.C. |
| Karina Rocha | Office of the Staff Judge Advocate |
| Karl Rysted | |
| Katalina Elizabeth Hadfield | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Kathryn Joy Brack Morrow | Mann Morrow, PLLC |
| Kelly S. O’Connell | Kelly O’Connell Law |
| Kenneth G. Egan | Kenneth G. Egan Law Office |
| Kenneth John Gonzales | US District Court |
| Kent E. Yalkut | Third Judicial District Court |
| Kevin J. McBride | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Kevin R. Sweazea | US District Court |
| Krista L. Bailey | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Kristen Rae Dickey | City of Las Cruces |
| Kristofer C. Knutson | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Kurtis R. Donisthorpe | The Donisthorpe Law Offices, LLC |
| Kyle H. Moberly | Law Office of Kyle H. Moberly, P.C. |
| Kyrsten Horgan | Third Judicial District Court |
| Lara A. Smalls | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Larissa N. Duran | Duran Law Offices |
| Larry Heyeck | State of New Mexico – Health Care Authority |
| Laura M. Castille | Castille Law, LLC |
| Lauren Amanda Mullins | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Lauren L. Armstrong | Origin Immigration Law |
| Linda L. Flores | Dona Ana County Magistrate Court |
| Lindsay Ann Mcdonell-Benatar | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Lisa C. Schultz | |
| Lizbeth G. Ellis | |
| Lloyd O. Bates Jr. | Bates Law Firm |
| Manuel E. Lopez III | Scherr Legate, PLLC |
| Manuel I. Arrieta | Third Judicial District Court |
| Margaret Charlotte Cornelia Benny | |
| Maria M. Laverde | Maria M. Laverde Attorney at Law |
| Mariano A. Torrez | Mario Torrez Attorney at Law |
| Mario A. Esparza | |
| Mario A. R. Carreon | Mario AR Carreon Attorney at Law |
| Marisa Porras | Tawney Acosta & Chaparro, P.C. |
| Mark A. Reeves | Law Office of Mark A. Reeves |
| Mark A. Saltman | Office of the US Attorney |
| Mark D’Antonio | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Mark Edward Gemoets | Law Office of Mark Gemoets |
| Mark Pickett | The Pickett Law Firm, LLC |
| Mark Standridge | Tawney Acosta Chaparro, P.C. |
| Mason Lee Hill | US Department of Justice |
| Matthew G. Watson | Matthew Watson Attorney at Law, LLC |
| Matthew J. Madrid | Law Office of Matt Madrid |
| Matthew P. Holt | |
| Matthew Ramirez | Holland & Hart, LLP |
| Melissa Garcia | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Melissa J. Reeves-Evins | Melissa J. Reeves, P.C. |
| Melissa K. Force | New Mexico Spaceport Authority |
| Meredith Grace Carvell | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Micah M. E. Standridge | Third Judicial District Court |
| Michael A. Reyes | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Michael E. Cain | The Law Office of Michael E. Cain |
| Michael James Dugan | Adelante Legal Services, LLC |
| Michael L. Stout | Law Offices of Michael L. Stout |
| Michele Ungvarsky | E-Law |
| Michelle E. Pickett | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Mick I. R. Gutierrez | |
| Mike G. Paulowsky | B. & B. Consultants |
| Mikka Amelia Burrell | Beasley Legal, P.C. |
| Mohit Agarwal | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Mollie C. McGraw | McGraw & Associates, LLC |
| Molly Kicklighter | New Mexico Legal Group |
| Morgan R. Lyman | Morgan Lyman Esq |
| Nancy A. Oretskin | |
| Nathan William Graff | NM Magistrate Courts |
| Nelson J. Goodin | Third Judicial District Attorney |
| Nia Rucker | New Mexico Department of Justice |
| Nicholas Hamilton Kyle | City of Las Cruces |
| Norman Osborne | |
| Ofelia Infante-Garcia | Infante-Garcia Law Office |
| Oscar Cobos | LexisNexis |
| Patrick Scott Field | New Mexico State University |
| Paul Darby Hibner | The Furth Law Firm, P.A. |
| Paul Michael Gayle-Smith | Law Offices of Paul M. Gayle-Smith |
| Pedro Pineda | Pedro Pineda Attorney at Law |
| Peter J. Giovannini | Law Office of Peter J. Giovannini, P.C. |
| Peter M. Ossorio | |
| Phyl Bean | New Mexico Health Care Authority |
| Preston Hollis | |
| Preston J. Paschall | |
| Ralph William Richards | Jobe Materials LP |
| Ramon Hernandez | Ramon Hernandez Law, LLC |
| Ramona J. Martinez | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Randy Castellano | Office of the US Attorney |
| Randy Keith Clark | Randy K. Clark, P.C. |
| Raul A. Carrillo Jr. | Carrillo Law Firm, P.C. |
| Raul Mijares Jr. | |
| Raymond G. Conley | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Raymond L. Romero | Carrillo Law Firm, P.C. |
| Rebecca C. Duffin | Dona Ana County Magistrate Court |
| Renee Lyn Camacho | Office of the US Attorney |
| Ricardo Jose Pena | |
| Richard B. Wellborn | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Richard Callaway Williams | Office of the US Attorney |
| Richard M. Jacquez | Third Judicial District Court |
| Robert Lara Jr. | Third Judicial District Court |
| Roberto A. Cabello | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Rocio A. Ocano | State of New Mexico |
| Romulo D. Valdez | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Rosanne Camunez | Camunez Law Firm, P.C. |
| Rosenda Chavez-Lara | Dona Ana Magistrate Court |
| Roxanna A. Mason | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Roxanna Marie Chacon | |
| Ruben Trey Arvizu III | Arvizu Law Office |
| Russell Anthony Murray | Lovett & Murray, P.C. |
| Russell Dean Clark | Russell Dean Clark, LLC |
| Salvador Alejandro Guardiola II | Rio Grande Estate Planning, LLC |
| Samantha R. Barncastle | Barncastle Law Firm |
| Samuel Isaiah Kane | Samuel I. Kane, P.A. |
| Samuel Mccallum Olmstead | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Sara Elizabeth Woods | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Sarah M. Davenport | US District Court |
| Sarah Van Cott | Advanced Legal Resolutions, LLC |
| Scott Ludlow | Apparent Legal Group, LLC |
| Selesia Lee Winston | Office of the US Attorney |
| Shaharazad Mcdowell Booth | Shaharazad McDowell Booth Attorney at Law, LLC |
| Shane A. English | Keithly & English, LLC |
| Shane W. Jennings | Law Office of William S. Jennings, LLC |
| Sharayah Newton Dietz | Sharayah Newton Dietz, P.A. |
| Sharice Ogas Pacheco | Pacheco Law Office, LLC |
| Shelton James Cotton | Mynatt Springer, P.C. |
| Silvia Teresa Delgado | United States Attorneys Office |
| Spencer W. Willson | Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office |
| Stephen L. Stevers | Administrative Hearings Office |
| Steven Kyle Armstrong | |
| Steven L. Hernandez | Law Office of Steven L. Hernandez, P.C. |
| Steven Lloyd Sage | Steven Lloyd Sage Attorney at Law |
| Steven Lorenzo Almanza | Almanza Abrams, P.A. |
| Susana Macias | The Justice Legal Team, LLC |
| Susanna Lynn Stadjuhar | |
| Tammy Renee Jeschke | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Terri J. Abernathy | Office of the US Attorney |
| Theodore Raymundo Markowski | Markowski Ruvalcaba Law Firm, LLC |
| Thomas Guerra | Law Office Thomas Guerra |
| Thomas R. A. Limon | Rio Grande Estate Planning, LLC |
| Tim Chelpaty | Tim Chelpaty Law Offices |
| Timothy Nuccio | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Tyler McCormick | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Vanessa E. de Leon | De Leon & Associates Education Law Firm |
| Vanessa Y. Chandler | Relyant Global, LLC |
| Victor F. Poulos | Poulos & Coates, LLP |
| Victoria J. Trull | Office of the Federal Public Defender |
| William Joseph Corbett | William J. Corbett Attorney at Law |
| William L. Lutz | Martin & Lutz, P.C. |
| Xavier Edward Acosta | Law Offices of Xavier Edward Acostau |
