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OUR STORY

Rooted in New Mexico.
Built for What’s Next.

Experienced trial lawyers. A deeper understanding of this state.
A real commitment to our clients.

Our Firm

Elite trial experience. Deep New Mexico roots.

Our firm is rooted in the conviction that clients facing litigation capable of reshaping their company, their career, or their future deserve experienced trial and administrative lawyers dedicated to achieving optimal outcomes and who know our state, its courts, and its communities from the inside.

Our founding partners have spent decades trying cases at New Mexico's oldest and largest law firms, standing before the state's judges and juries in some of the most consequential litigation, and also appearing before administrative regulatory bodies in complex adjudicatory proceedings focusing on natural resources and environmental issues. That experience is the foundation of everything we do. The strongest negotiating position comes from being genuinely, credibly ready to try the case — clients facing bet-the-company litigation deserve lawyers who have done exactly that, again and again, for decades.

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Our Attorneys

Thomas Hnasko

Partner

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Kurt Gilbert

Partner

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Elizabeth Sanderson

Associate

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David Lynn

Associate

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Alton Smith

Associate

Trial experience that makes a difference.

Our trial skills have been built over a career of appearing before juries and judges, and it shows in how we prepare our cases. We also believe there is no substitute for local roots. Our attorneys were raised in New Mexico's legal community and have spent their entire careers here, trying cases in New Mexico courtrooms and proceedings in administrative tribunals, appearing before its judges and hearing officers, and building the kind of standing and credibility that comes from decades of genuine presence.

Prepared in every detail from day one.

We prepare every case as if it will be tried, because that discipline produces better outcomes whether a case resolves early or goes the distance. We dedicate ourselves to providing every client direct, personal attention from attorneys with genuine trial experience. The combination of decades of courtroom experience, lifelong New Mexico roots, and hands-on partner attention gives our clients their greatest chance of success when the stakes are highest.

When the outcome of a case could define your company's future, you deserve lawyers who have stood in that courtroom before, and who call this region home. That is our founding principle, and it is what every client receives.

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Not a satellite office.
New Mexico is home.

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