153 ABA Journal New Mexico articles.
A man who walked into the office of an Albuquerque lawyer had some information, according to an arrest warrant.
The man confessed to lawyer Louren Oliveros that he had killed…
Mar 9, 2010 6:58 PM CST
Dismissing other claims by a former associate of Labaton Sucharow, a New York state judge has nonetheless ruled in his favor concerning what she calls the “big issue.”
Jon Adams,…
Jan 12, 2010 7:26 PM CST
Former New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice Gene Franchini collapsed and died Wednesday while giving a speech to first-year students at the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Students…
Nov 5, 2009 2:25 PM CST
A politically connected Santa Fe lawyer goes on trial this week in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian.
Lawyer Carlos Fierro is charged with vehicular homicide and causing a fatal…
Sep 21, 2009 2:44 PM CDT
After an attorney for a longtime worker at the University of New Mexico spoke to a local newspaper about her client’s discrimination lawsuit against a well-known football coach and the…
Aug 19, 2009 10:25 PM CDT
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has changed his earlier stance and signed a bill repealing the death penalty in the state.
Richardson called…
Mar 19, 2009 11:08 AM CDT
The legislature of New Mexico voted today to repeal the state’s death penalty, replacing it with a sentence of life without possibility of parole.
The bill now goes to the…
Mar 14, 2009 12:09 AM CDT
Women and minorities are still underrepresented on the state trial and appellate court bench, regardless whether the judges are elected or appointed to their positions.
But there are things that…
Feb 2, 2009 9:13 PM CST
This week President-elect Barack Obama announced that University of New Mexico Law Professor Louis E. Caldera will head the White House Military Office.
In the role, Caldera, a former Clinton…
Dec 3, 2008 7:59 PM CST
State supreme courts are increasingly striking down mandatory arbitration agreements that bar class action lawsuits.
The latest state court to act is New Mexico’s, the Wall…
Jul 3, 2008 10:52 AM CDT National employment boutique Jackson Lewis has opened an office in Albuquerque, N.M., acquiring four lawyers from the city’s Noeding & Jarrett in order to do so. The…
Jun 26, 2008 11:20 PM CDT The city attorney in Santa Fe, N.M., is investigating claims that wireless Internet signals are a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act because they can cause an allergic reaction. May 27, 2008 11:58 AM CDT Instead of waiting to see area high school students show up on the wrong side of his courtroom, New Mexico Magistrate Danny Hawkes has decided to take his courtroom on…
Mar 31, 2008 10:33 PM CDT An employee of a New Mexico law firm reportedly went on a $400,000 shopping spree with credit cards sent to the Vigil Law Firm until she was eventually found out. Mar 11, 2008 5:30 PM CDT A fatal drug overdose of a Greenwich, Conn., surgeon is calling attention to an issue that has long troubled prosecutors: whether to prosecute witnesses. In the Greenwich case, Stamford, Conn.,…
Jan 29, 2008 9:25 PM CSTJackson Lewis Opens in N.M. & Memphis; 5th & 6th New Offices This Year
WiFi-Sensitive Individuals Claim ADA Violation
Judge Holds DWI Court at High School
Law Firm Employee’s $400,000 Shopping Spree
Prosecuting Overdose Witnesses Debated
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