Santa Fe Standard

There were 24 fewer active legal licenses in Dona Ana County in April compared to the previous month, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.

There were 159 active legal licenses in Dona Ana County in April, compared to 183 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
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
Amy B. Bailey	New Mexico Legal Group
Andrea Jay Walker	New Mexico State University
Andrew Joseph Cavazos	Poulos & Coates, LLP
Angelo J. Artuso
Anna G. Farrell
Anna M. Armistead
Annamarie Delovato	NMSU Office of Institutional Equity MSC 3515
Anthony F. Filosa	Las Cruces Municipal Court
Brad Lane C. Cates
Bradley Douglas
Brianna Champ	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Bruce R. Kite
Caralyn Banks	Kemp Smith, LLP
Casey Bruce Fitch	Third Judicial District Court
Cashmala Habib Fazal	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Cesar P. Varela
Charles J. McElhinney	McElhinney Law Firm, LLC
Christopher K. P. Cardenas	Cardenas Law Firm, LLC
Christopher McNair	Office of the US Attorney
Christopher S. Ray Esq.
Christopher William Richman	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Chrystian Julian Gonzalez	Law Office of Chrystian J. Gonzalez, LLC
Clara Nevarez Cobos	Office of the US Attorney
Cody R. Rogers	Serpe Andrews, PLLC
Concepcion J. Flores	Flores Mendez, P.C.
Daisy Chaparro	Tawney, Acosta & Chaparro, P.C.
Dana M. Kyle	The Law Offices of Dana M. Kyle, P.A.
Daniel Noah Rubin	Office of the Federal Public Defender
Darcy Riley	Office of the Federal Public Defender
Darren Robinson	Office of the Federal Public Defender
David C. Carr	Law Office of David C. Carr
David Codispoti	Law Offices of the Public Defender
David Daniel Benatar	Office of the Federal Public Defender
David Kale Clements
David Richard Baake	Baake Law, LLC
Delorean Lloyd Forbes	US Navy
Douglas R. Driggers	Third Judicial District Court
Elizabeth B. Driggers
Elliott Alan Mohler
Evangelina F. Mercado	New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc.
Fermin A. Rubio
Frank Depalma	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Frederick D. Kennon	Dona Ana County Attorney's Office
George A. Harrison
George K. Farah	Farah Law Group, PLLC
Gerald M. Byers	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Gia A. McGillivray	Office of the Federal Public Defender
Gilbert G. Valdez	Gilbert G. Valdez Attorney at Law
Glenn R. Davis	ScottHulse, P.C.
Grace B. Duran	Third Judicial District Court
Greig W. Coates	Poulos & Coates, LLP
Haley R. Grant	Mynatt Springer, P.C.
Heather Cosentino Chavez	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Henry G. Cabrera Jr.	The Cabrera Law Firm, P.C.
Ismael L. Camacho	New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc.
Israel S. Chavez	Law Offices of Israel Chavez
Jacqueline Bennett	Jacqueline Bennett, LLC
James Naylor Vancleave	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
James Prentice Derossitt IV	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Jane Greek	Federal Criminal Defense, LLC
Jannette Alicia Mondragon	NM Human Services Department Child Support Enforcement Division
Jared Abrams	Almanza Abrams, P.A.
Jeffery W. McElroy	Lovett Law Frim
Jeffrey C. Lahann	The Lahann Law Firm
Jennifer Marie Meyer	Mynatt Springer, P.C.
Jerry H. Ritter
Jessica K. Miles	Executive Office of Immigration Review
John David Beasley	Beasley Legal, P.C.
Joseph K. Cervantes	Cervantes Law Firm, P.C.
Joseph M. Holmes	Joseph M. Holmes, P.A.
Joshua Dwyer	ScottHulse, P.C.
Julie Kester	New Mexico Legal Group
Karina Rocha	New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc.
Katalina Elizabeth Hadfield	New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc.
Kenneth G. Egan	Kenneth G. Egan Law Office
Kenneth John Gonzales	US District Court
Kenneth L. Beal	Kenneth L. Beal, P.C.
Kevin J. McBride	NM Children Youth and Families Department
Krista L. Bailey	Law Offices of the Public Defender
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 Attorney's Office
Larissa N. Duran	Duran Law Offices
Larry Heyeck	State of New Mexico - Human Services Department
Lauren L. Armstrong	Origin Immigration Law
Linda L. Flores	Dona Ana County Magistrate Court
Lindsay Ann Mcdonell-Benatar	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Lizbeth G. Ellis
Lloyd O. Bates Jr.	Bates Law Firm
Luis Eduardo Guerrero	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Manuel I. Arrieta	Third Judicial District Court
Marcia B. Driggers
Margaret Charlotte Cornelia Benny
Mariano A. Torrez	Mario Torrez Attorney at Law
Mario A. Esparza
Mario A. R. Carreon	Mario AR Carreon Attorney at Law
Mark A. Reeves	Law Office of Mark A. Reeves
Mason Lee Hill	US Department of Justice
Matthew G. Watson	Matthew Watson Attorney at Law, LLC
Matthew P. Holt
Melissa J. Reeves-Evins	Melissa J. Reeves, P.C.
Melissa Miller-Byrnes
Meredith Grace Carvell	Law Offices of the Public Defender
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
Michele Ungvarsky	E-Law
Mick I. R. Gutierrez
Mikka Amelia Burrell	Beasley Legal, P.C.
Mollie C. McGraw	McGraw & Associates, LLC
Molly Kicklighter	New Mexico Legal Group
Nathan William Graff	NM Magistrate Courts
Nelson J. Goodin	Dona Ana County Attorney's Office
Nia Rucker	New Mexico Department of Justice
Oscar Cobos	LexisNexis
Patrick Scott Field	New Mexico State University
Paul Darby Hibner	The Furth Law Firm, P.A.
Peter Powers Goodman	Peter Goodman Law Office, P.A.
Phyl Bean	NM Human Services Department Child Support Enforcement Division
Preston Hollis
Ralph William Richards	Jobe Materials LP
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 L. Romero	Carrillo Law Firm, P.C.
Rebecca C. Duffin	Dona Ana County Magistrate Court
Renee Lyn Camacho	Office of the US Attorney
Richard L. Bischoff
Roberto A. Cabello	Mynatt Springer, P.C.
Romulo D. Valdez	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Rosanne Camunez	Camunez Law Firm, P.C.
Roxanna Marie Chacon
Ruben Trey Arvizu III	Arvizu Law Office
Russell Dean Clark	Russell Dean Clark, LLC
Salvador Alejandro Guardiola II	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Samantha R. Barncastle	Barncastle Law Firm
Samuel C. Rosten	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
Sarah M. Davenport	Office of the US Attorney
Sarah Van Cott	Advanced Legal Resolutions, LLC
Shane A. English	Keithly & English, LLC
Sharayah Newton Dietz	Sharayah Newton Dietz, P.A.
Silvia Teresa Delgado	United States Attorneys Office
Steven Kyle Armstrong
Terese Renee Lahann
Terri J. Abernathy	Office of the US Attorney
Thomas Guerra	Law Office Thomas Guerra
Tim Chelpaty	Tim Chelpaty Law Offices
Tyler McCormick	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Vanessa E. de Leon	De Leon & Associates Education Law Firm
Vanessa Y. Chandler	Spectrum Control, Inc.
Victoria J. Trull	Office of the Federal Public Defender
William Kirschner	Third Judicial District Attorney's Office
William M. Kinsella Jr.
Xavier Edward Acosta	Xavier Edward Acosta Attorney at Law