Sound Legal Counsel and Personalized Service
Karen Aubrey
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Practice Areas:
- Estate Planning, Trusts and Probate
- Oil and Gas Law
- Real Estate Transactions
- Corporations, LLCs and Partnerships
Education
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University of Arizona College of Law, Tucson, Arizona
- J.D.
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University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- B.Ed. - 1969
- Major: English
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
Honors
- Paul Harris Fellow, 2005 - present
Classes & Seminars
- Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Halfmoon, 2009
- Title Law in New Mexico, National Business Institute, 2009
- Land Interests and Possession from A to Z, National Business Institute, 2008
- Planning for Real Property in Estate Planning and Administration, National Business Institute, 2008
Pro-Bono Activities
- New Mexico Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande Chancellor, 2011 to Present
Representative Cases
- Schwartz v. Coastal Physicians Group Inc., 1999 U.S. App Lexix 01247, 1999, 10th Cir.
- Swartz v. AMA, 23 F. Supp. 1271, 1998, US Dist. Court
- Otero v. Buslee, 695 F.2d 1244, 1982
- Hernandez v. O'Neal Motors, Inc., 480 F. Supp. 491, 1979
- Devlin v. State, 108 N.M. 72, 1988, NM Sup. Ct.
- 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
- The Anderson Living Trust, et al. v. XTO Energy, Inc. , No. 13-CV-00941 SWS/KK, U.S.D.Ct. (D.N.M.)
- The Anderson Living Trust, et al. v. WPX Energy Production, LLC, No. 12-CV-00040 JB/WPL, U.S.D.Ct. (D.N.M)
- The Anderson Living Trust, et al. v. Energen Resources Corporation, No. 13-CV-00909 WJ/CG, U.S.D.Ct. (D.N.M.)
- The Anderson Living Trust, et al. v. ConocoPhillips Co., LLC, No. 12-CV-00039 JB/SCY, U.S.D.Ct. (D.N.M.)
Professional Associations
- St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Senior Warden, 1994 to 1995
- Charles "Cocoa" Maxwell Jr. Scholarship Fund, 1994 to 1997
- Santa Fe Rotary Club - Downtown, Member, 1998 to Present
- Santa Fe Rotary Club - Downtown, Treasurer, 2012 to 2013
- Santa Fe Rotary Foundation, Director, 2000 to 2006
- Santa Fe Pro Musica, Trustee, 1999 to 2005
- Santa Fe Pro Musica Advisory Board, 2006 to Present
- New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project (Sky Center), Director, 1995 to Present
- Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande, Council Member, 2005 to 2011
- New Mexico Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande, Chancellor, 2011 to Present
Current Employment Position
- Sole Practitioner
Past Positions
- Kellahin, Kellahin & Aubrey, Partner, 1984 to 1992
- Kellahin & Fox, Associate, 1978 to 1984
- Pima County Attorney's Office, Deputy County Attorney, 1974 to 1977
References
- First National Bank of Santa Fe
- Citizen's Bank, NA, Santa Fe, NM