Areas of Practice

• Oil and Gas
• Real Estate
• Litigation
• Family Law
• Estate Planning
• General Civil Practice

Litigation Percentage

• 20% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Arizona, 1974
• New Mexico, 1978
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1979

Education

• University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona
  J.D.
  Honors: Dean's List
  
  
• University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1969
  B.Ed.
  Major: English
  
  

Representative Cases

• Schwartz v. Coastal Physicians Group Inc., 1999 U.S. App Lexix 01247 (10th Cir. 1999)
• Swartz v. AMA, 23 F. Supp. 1271 (US Dist. Court 1998)
• Otero v. Buslee, 695 F.2d 1244 ( 1982)
• Hernandez v. O'Newal Motors, Inc., 480 F. Supp. 491 ( 1979)
• Devlin v. State, 108 N.M. 72 (NM Sup. Ct. 1988)
• Tenneco Oil Co. v. New Mexico Water Quality Control Comm'n, 107 N.M. 469, 760 P.2d 161 ( 1987)
• Tenneco Oil Co. V. New Mexico Water Quality Control Comm'n, 105 N.M. 708, 736 P.2d 986 ( 1986)
• State v. Druke, 115 Ariz. 224, 564 P.2d 913 ( 1977)

Representative Clients

• Thornburg Enterprises, LLLP.
• Capitol Ford
• John S. Brown, Jr.

References

• First National Bank of Santa Fe

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Title Law in New Mexico, National Business Institute, May 12, 2009 - Present
• Land Interests and Possession from A to Z, National Business Institute, November 17, 2008 - Present
• Planning for Real Property in Estate Planning and Administration, National Business Institute, August 6, 2008 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Paul Harris Fellow, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Santa Fe Rotary Foundation, 2000 - 2006
  Director
  
  
• Santa Fe Pro Musica, 1999 - 2005
  Trustee
  
  
• New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, 1995 - Present
  Director
  
  
• Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande, 2005
  Council Member
  
  
• St. Bede's Episcopal Church, 1994
  Senior Warden
  
  
• Santa Fe Pro Musica Advisory Board, 2006 - Present
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Kellahin, Kellahin & Aubrey, Partner, 1984 - 1992
• Kellahin & Fox, Associate, 1978 - 1984
• Pima County Attorney's Office, Deputy County Attorney, 1974 - 1977

Birth Information

• 1945, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America