Santa Fe Standard

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

There were 28 active legal licenses in Lea County in January, compared to 31 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
Amber Christine Leija	City of Hobbs
Anthony Spaulding	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Blake J. Dugger	Law Office of Blake J. Dugger, P.C.
Chiduziem Chinedu Ezeh	Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Christan Quiroz Valencia	Valencia Law Firm
Cynthia Lane Graves	NM Children Youth and Families Department
D'Nae Robinett L. Mills	DRM Attorney at Law, LLC
Eduardo Ramirez	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Efren Andres Cortez	Fifth Judicial District Court
Gareth Edward Denham	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Gary L. Clingman
Jesse Craig	Law Offices of the Public Defender
John W. Caldwell Jr.
Josephine Naira Tine	Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office
Joy Akayla Key-shawna Applewhite	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Kirk C. Chavez	NM Human Services Department Child Support Enforcement Division
Larry K. Bishop
Laura K. Castillo	Laura K. Castillo Attorney at Law
Levi Michael Chavez II	Law Offices of Levi M. Chavez II, LLC
Lewis C. Cox III	Heidel Samberson Cox & McMahon, LLC
Lisa Kuykendall	Children Youth and Families
Medjine Desrosiers-Douyon	City of Hobbs
Michael T. Newell	Newell Law Firm, LLC
Mirna Raquel Torres
Ronald R. Walker
Tashika A. Curlee	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Ugochuku Nwachuku	Law Offices of the Public Defender
Valerie S. Chacon	City of Hobbs