Santa Fe Standard

There were 38 fewer active legal licenses in El Paso County in September compared to the previous month, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.

There were 125 active legal licenses in El Paso County in September, compared to 163 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
Adrian Acosta	Scherr Legate, PLLC
Adrian Jose Rodriguez
Alfonso Cota	Law Firm
Andres Eduardo Almanzan	Mounce Green Myers Safi Paxson & Galatzan
Andrew James Armijo	Moss Legal Group, PLLC
Andrew Lee Ainsa	Ainsa Hutson Hester & Crews, LLP
Angelica B. Carreon	Carreon & Beltran, PLLC
Angelica Carbajal	Scherr Legate, PLLC
Ariana Ortiz	The Law Offices of Ruben Ortiz, PLLC
Ashley Cedillo	Loncar Lyon Jenkins
Ashley Spencer	Spencer Trial Attorneys, P.C.
Brandon Lee Lettunich	Brandon Lee Lettunich Attorney at Law
Brett Duke	Law Offices of Brett Duke, P.C.
Brock Morgan Benjamin	Benjamin Law Firm
Carlos Gomez Baca Jr.	Office of the City Attorney
Carmen Irene Huerta-Perez
Carrie Cochran
Casey S. Stevenson	ScottHulse, P.C.
Catherine Hutwagner	Sparks Willson, P.C.
Christopher Charles Benoit	Coyle & Benoit, PLLC
Clara B. Burns	Kemp Smith, LLP
Cris Estrada	Jim Darnell, P.C.
Daniel Avelar	Wyatt Underwood
Daniela Labinoti	Law Firm of Daniela Labinoti, P.C.
David Joseph Nunez	Valenzuela Law Firm
David Lawrence Leffman	Leffman Law Firm, PLLC
David Michael Chavez	Law Offices of Luis Yanez
Donald C. Davie
Douglas Paul Cordova
Dustin Richards Sparks	Law Office of Dustin R. Sparks, LLC
Eduardo A. Rodriguez	Strategic Communication Consulting Group
Eduardo Beckett	Beckett Law Firm, P.C.
Eduardo Solis	Law Offices of Eduardo Solis, PLLC
Enrique Chavez Jr.	Chavez Law Firm
Enrique Palomares
Eric Bliss Darnell	Law Office of Eric B. Darnell
Eric Painter	Ribail Law, PLLC
Esther M. Alarcon	Delgado Acosta Spencer Linebarger & Perez, LLP
Francisco J. Ortega Jr.	ScottHulse, P.C.
Hala A. Abdel-Jaber	Mounce Green Myers Safi Paxson & Galatzan, P.C.
Harrel L. Davis	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
Henry J. Becker	ScottHulse, P.C.
Humberto S. Enriquez	Enriquez Law Firm, PLLC
Irina Barahona	Law Office of Irina Z. Barahona
J. L. Jay	Windle Hood Norton Brittain & Jay, LLP
Jacob J. Barde
Jake Spencer	Spencer Trial Attorneys, P.C.
James Charles Black
James Jeep O. Darnell Jr.	Jim Darnell, P.C.
James William Bibb
Jay R. Hone
Jeanette Alejandra Garcia	Rincon Law Group, P.C.
Jerome William Wesevich	Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc.
Jessica Arreola-Ortiz
Jim Darnell	Jim Darnell, P.C.
Jimena A. Gandara	A. Jimena Gandara Attorney at Law
John Andrew Wenke	Law Office of John A. Wenke
John Lee Granberg	Granberg Law Office
John Lomax Anderson	Rincon Law Group
John M. Dickey	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
John Michael Aufiero	Lovett Law Firm
Jonathan H. Huerta	The Huerta Law Firm
Jonathan L. R. Baeza	J. Baeza Law Firm, PLLC
Jose Abe Gonzalez	El Paso Electric
Jose Padilla	Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson
Joseph Gabriel Isaac	Mendez Isaac Joudi, PLLC
Joseph L. Hood Jr.	Windle Hood Norton Brittain & Jay, LLP
Joshua Cody Spencer	Law Rhinos
Joshua Flynn Rhoads	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
Joshua J. Bieganowski	Bieganowski Law Group
Joshua W. Snider	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
Ken Del Valle	Ken del Valle Law Office
Ken Slavin	Kemp Smith, LLP
Kirk Michael Cooper	Cooper Appeals, PLLC
Laura Enriquez	Laura Enriquez and Associates, PLLC
Laurence Eugene Garrett
Lisa Anne Elizondo	The Law Office of Lisa A. Elizando
Marco Antonio Aranda	Aranda Law Firm
Mark A. Stinnett	Stinnett Law Group, PLLC
Mark Dalton Dore
Mary Stillinger	Stillinger & Godinez, PLLC
Mateo Delgado
Matthew Manuel Ribail	Ribail Law
Matthew Thomas Armendariz	ScottHulse, P.C.
Merwan N. Bhatti	Mounce Green Myers Safi Paxson & Galatzan, P.C.
Michael F. Ainsa	Ainsa Hutson Hester & Crews, LLP
Michael Gernon McLean	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
Michael Jacquez
Michael P. Garcia	DeWitt, Paruolo & Meek
Miguel Talamantes A. Guzman
Milad Kaissar Farah	Farah Law Group
Omar F. Darwich
Oscar J. Ornelas	The Ornelas Firm, PLLC
Rachael Renee Swiatek
Raymond Baeza	Baeza Law Group
Raymond Benavides III	Espinoza & Brock
Raymundo Eli Rojas	Ray Rojas Law, LLC
Reagyn A. Germer	Patricia Germer-Coolidge, P.C.
Rebeca Bustamante	Law Office of Rebeca Bustamante
Rebecca H. Alvarez	Ray Peña McChristian, P.C.
Richard D. Watts	Office of the US Attorney
Richard L. Jewkes	Richard L. Jewkes Attorney at Law
Robert A. Skipworth	Robert A. Skipworth Attorney at Law, P.C.
Robert Lee Edwards	Gordon Davis Johnson & Shane, P.C.
Robert Louis Blumenfeld	Mendel Blumenfeld & Pulido, PLLC
Robert M. Estrada II	Blanco Ordonez Mata & Wechsler, P.C.
Roger C. Davie	Roger Davie, P.C.
Ruben Ortiz	Law Offices of Ruben Ortiz, PLLC
Ryan E. Little	Mounce Green Myers Safi Paxson & Galatzan, P.C.
Ryan M. Hoover	River Oaks Properties
Salena Karam Ayoub
Sam Jackson Legate	Scherr Legate, PLLC
Sam Snoddy Sr.	Sam Snoddy Attorney at Law
Samuel Edwin Sprowles	Law Office of Samuel E. Sprowles
Shuhao Wang
Steven E. Anderson	Anderson Anderson Bright & Associates, P.C.
Steven J. Blanco	Blanco Ordoñez Mata & Wechsler, P.C.
Tania M. Chozet	Federal Public Defender of New Mexico
Thomas D. Carter IV	The Carter Law Firm
Valerie Lynn Cox	Valerie L. Cox Attorney at Law
Valerie Renee Auger	Kemp Smith, LLP
Wendy S. Armijo
William Bryce McGlashan Jr.	Ellis & Ortega
Yosef W. Abraham	Rincon Law Group, P.C.
Zachary Gregory Daw	ScottHulse, P.C.