Santa Fe Standard

There were two fewer active legal licenses in Taos County in January compared to the previous month, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.

There were 88 active legal licenses in Taos County in January, compared to 90 the month before.

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 approximately $96,071 per year.

New Mexico faces a severe shortage of lawyers. Two of its counties have no attorneys, and 21% of the state's counties have no more than five lawyers.

Note that the table below does not represent all lawyers with active licenses to practice.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm
Abby G. Sanger	Taos Attorney, LLC
Alan H. Maestas	Alan Maestas Law Office, P.C.
Aleksandar N. Kostich
Amanda G. Laupheimer	Laupheimer Law Office, LLC
Anthony G. Lopez	Anthony G. Lopez Attorney at Law
Barbara Breneman Toth
Boyd L. Earl	LoTempio Law Group, P.C.
Carlos F. Romero
Carmela Starace	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Christopher John Stachura
Connie Ode	Humphrey & Ode, P.C.
Cosme D. Ripol	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Daniel E. Gower	Alan Maestas Law Office, P.C.
Darryl A. Bouchard	Darryl Bouchard Law, LLC
Day Gamble Thornton	Alan Maestas Law Office, P.C.
Dennis C. Romero	Dennis C. Romero, P.C.
Dennis T. Sanchez	Sánchez Law Firm
Diane M. Garrity	Serra & Garrity, P.C.
Donald A. Gallegos	QuestaLaw
Donald James Mooney Jr.	Mooney Law Firm
Edward L. Kelley
Elizabeth A. Musselman	The Musselman Law Firm, P.C.
Emilio Jacob Chavez	Eighth Judicial District Court
Erik Schlenker-Goodrich	Western Environmental Law Center
Ernestina R. Cruz	Cruz Law Office, LLC
Floyd W. Lopez	Floyd W. Lopez, P.A.
Francis L. Reckard
Frank E. Murchison III	Frank E. Murchison, P.C.
Gary M. Feuerman	Law Office of Gary M. Feuerman
Gregg Vance Fallick
Hal B. Landrum Jr.
Harvey D. Means
Iris A. Thornton
Jacob Daniel Caldwell	Caldwell Law Firm, LLC
James T. Mamalis	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Javier Torres-Hughes	Javier Torres-Hughes Law Office, LLC
Jeffrey Alan Shannon	Eighth Judicial District Court
Jennifer C. McCabe
John L. Van Eaton	John L. Van Eaton Attorney at Law
Jonathan Eric Hupp	New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc.
Joseph E. Caldwell	Caldwell Law Firm, LLC
Joseph Konrad Daly	Joseph K. Daly Esq
Juan Vargas
Judith Miller Kasper	Natelson Law Firm
Julia Lacy Armstrong	Armstrong & Armstrong, P.C.
Kaitlyn Luck
Kathryn Hardy	Kathryn J. Hardy Law
Kelan Emery	Emery Law Firm, P.C.
Kevin A. Zangara	Zangara Law Office
Kevin Donald O'Leary	Kevin D. O’Leary
Kim M. McGinnis	Community Against Violence
Kyle J. Tisdel
Lee Boothby	New Mexico Legal Center, P.C.
Leslee C. Petersen	LCP Taos Law
Lisa Alexandra Hamer	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Luann Linsalata
Lucas Helper	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Marcus J. Montoya Jr.	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Margaret Yvonne Romero	MY Romero Law, LLC
Marissa Crollett	Crollett & McDowell, P.A.
Markus W. Kolber	De Stefano Law Firm
Mary E. Humphrey	Humphrey & Ode, P.C.
Mary Lane Leslie	Leslie Law, P.C.
Maureen Siobhan Moore
Melissa A. Kennelly
Michelle Marie Warren	Michelle Warren Law, LLC
Nadia Cabrera-Mazzeo
Paloma G. Romo
Quela Robinson	New Mexico State Bar Foundation
Rachel C. Kolman	Eighth Judicial District Court
Richard De Stefano	De Stefano Law Firm, LLC
Robert E. Crollett	Crollett & McDowell, P.A.
Robert Fitzgerald	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Robert Todd
Ronald E. Olsen Jr.	Eighth Judicial District Court
Rose Evangeline Rushing	Western Environmental Law Center
Samuel M. Herrera	The Herrera Firm, P.C.
Sara Anne Blankenhorn	Taos County Magistrate Court
Scott H. Sanger	Taos Attorney, LLC
Sidney R. Barrett Jr.
Simeon Herskovits	Advocates for Community and Environment
Stephen Natelson	Natelson Law Firm
Stephen Paul Gates
Sue B. McDowell	Crollett & McDowell, P.A.
Susan C. Baker	Susan C. BAker Attorney at Law
Taina L. Colon	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Timothy R. Hasson
Yvette Feay-Cazier	Law Offices of the Public Defender