153 ABA Journal New Mexico articles.
Some employees believe a ghost is responsible for unexplained activity at the Otero County Courthouse in Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Some report seeing a ghost wearing a suit from the early…
May 27, 2016 6:15 AM CDT
Ordinarily, when there’s a dispute about claimed environmental damage due to corporate operations, it’s the Environmental Protection Agency that sues to get it cleaned up.
But a lawsuit filed Monday…
May 24, 2016 1:00 PM CDT
The Facebook page of a former mayor is public record, says a New Mexico court. Now she needs to figure out how to reactivate the account, which has been shut…
May 3, 2016 10:30 AM CDT
A suspended New Mexico judge is accused in a lawsuit of secretly bugging multiple locations in the courthouse and recording hundreds of hours of private conversations.
The suit filed on…
Mar 1, 2016 8:20 AM CST
An Albuquerque, New Mexico, lawyer was acquitted in a retrial on Monday in the shooting of a homeless man who entered his office.
Jurors acquitted David “Chip” Venie after…
Feb 2, 2016 6:54 AM CST
Opening statements began today in the trial of an attorney accused of shooting a man in the leg for entering the attorney’s downtown Albuquerque office, KRQE reported Monday.
…Jan 26, 2016 3:45 PM CST
A New Mexico man faces new charges after attacking a prosecutor in a courtroom immediately following his conviction on a charge of criminal sexual contact of a minor under the…
Jan 25, 2016 2:45 PM CST
Hired to help New Mexico recoup money allegedly lost as a result of “pay to play” arrangements concerning state investments, the law firm Day Pitney negotiated a settlement of over…
Nov 20, 2015 1:35 PM CST
A disbarred New Mexico municipal court judge is resisting calls to resign.
Corrales Municipal Judge Luis Quintana contends that his disbarment is unrelated to his duties as a judge, the…
Oct 7, 2015 4:10 PM CDT
A judge in Albuquerque, New Mexico, declared a mistrial on Wednesday and appointed counsel for a lawyer defending himself in the shooting of a homeless man.
Judge Allen Smith said…
Aug 20, 2015 7:18 AM CDT
A defense lawyer has an ethical obligation to turn over to the prosecution a New Mexico state police dashcam video that the government lost track of, a judge has ruled.…
Aug 17, 2015 12:15 PM CDT
A former Texas judge accused of taking bribes from a San Antonio lawyer pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to an honest services wire fraud charge.
…Apr 13, 2015 4:00 PM CDT
New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has signed a bill ending civil forfeiture of assets valued at less than $50,000 in the state.
Martinez said (PDF) she endorsed provisions in…
Apr 13, 2015 10:59 AM CDT
A homeowner who claimed he suffered “electromagnetic hypersensitivity” as a result of his neighbor’s cellphone and Wi-Fi has lost an appeal.
A trial court had tossed the $1.43 million…
Mar 26, 2015 5:50 AM CDT
A former client of a New Mexico personal injury law firm was convicted Thursday of aggravated battery with great bodily harm in a 2013 attack on an employee there.
Although…
Jan 30, 2015 12:00 PM CST
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