Santa Fe Standard

There were 36 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Taos 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 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.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm
Aleksandar N. Kostich	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Amanda G. Laupheimer	Laupheimer Law Office, LLC
Anthony G. Lopez	Anthony G. Lopez Attorney at Law
Barbara Breneman Toth
Christopher John Stachura
Daniel E. Gower	Alan Maestas Law Office, P.C.
Day Gamble Thornton	Alan Maestas Law Office, P.C.
Diane M. Garrity	Serra & Garrity, P.C.
Donald A. Gallegos	QuestaLaw
Emilio Jacob Chavez	Eighth Judicial District Court
Ernestina R. Cruz	Cruz Law Office, LLC
Floyd W. Lopez	Floyd W. Lopez, P.A.
Hal B. Landrum Jr.
Iris A. Thornton	Advocates for Community and Environment
Jacob Daniel Caldwell	Caldwell Law Firm, LLC
Javier Torres-Hughes	Javier Torres-Hughes Law Office, LLC
Joseph E. Caldwell	Caldwell Law Firm, LLC
Julia Lacy Armstrong	Armstrong & Armstrong, P.C.
Kaitlyn Luck
Kyle J. Tisdel	Western Environmental Law Center
Leslee C. Petersen	LCP Taos Law
Luann Linsalata
Marissa Crollett	Crollett & McDowell, P.A.
Markus W. Kolber	De Stefano Law Firm
Mary Lane Leslie	Leslie Law, P.C.
Nadia Cabrera-Mazzeo
Rachel C. Kolman	Eighth Judicial District Court
Richard De Stefano	De Stefano Law Firm, LLC
Robert E. Crollett	Crollett & McDowell, P.A.
Robert Todd
Ronald E. Olsen Jr.	Eighth Judicial District Court
Sara Anne Blankenhorn	Taos County Magistrate Court
Sidney R. Barrett Jr.
Stephen Paul Gates
Susan C. Baker	Susan C. BAker Attorney at Law
Taina L. Colon	Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office