There were 154 lawyers with active licenses to practice in Sandoval County as of the first quarter of 2026, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
As of April 1, 2026, average lawyer salaries in New Mexico ranged from $92,683 for an entry-level attorney handling routine legal work (Attorney I) to $234,661 for highly experienced attorneys managing complex cases with significant autonomy (Attorney V). Mid-level attorneys, such as those in Attorney III roles—who handle highly complex legal work with moderate supervision—earn on average $173,708 in New Mexico, compared to $187,549 nationwide.
New Mexico had a first-time pass rate of 81% on the July 2025 bar exam, above the national average that year, based on results from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The rate marked a slight drop from 83% in July 2024, when the state ranked among the top 10 for first-time passage.
The overall pass rate in New Mexico was 63% in July 2025, compared with 69% in July 2024.
Lawyers in Sandoval County with Active Legal Licenses in Q1
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm | Admission Date |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Javier Pinon | Sanchez & Pinon | 09/27/2007 |
| Abigail Kathryn Katkov | — | 09/29/2025 |
| Alexandra Noel Lopez | — | 04/25/2017 |
| Allison P. Martinez | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/22/2006 |
| Amalia Skogen J. Lucero | The Law Office of Amalia S. Lucero, LLC | 10/04/1999 |
| Amber Lynn Dengler | Ardor Disability Law, P.C. | 11/14/2017 |
| Amy Lopez L. Dooling | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 10/08/1998 |
| Ana Rita Goncalves Pincaro | Pincaro Law | 04/29/2019 |
| Andoni Garrote | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/22/2015 |
| Andrew Bartkus | — | 04/27/2012 |
| Anita M. Sanchez | Sanchez & Pinon | 09/29/2003 |
| Ann W. Maggiore | — | 10/05/1992 |
| Arthur Hernandez | Arthur Hernandez Law Offices | 10/13/1987 |
| Ashley A. Schweizer | — | 04/25/2016 |
| Barbara A. Romo | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 10/24/1995 |
| Betsy Rose Salcedo | Pueblo of Jemez | 09/30/2002 |
| Bette Knapp R. Velarde | Law Office of Bette R. Velarde | 04/14/1980 |
| Boglarka Foghi | Foghi Law Firm, LLC | 09/15/2006 |
| Brinnon Scott | — | 04/25/2011 |
| Caitlin Makenzie Dawson | Pincaro Law, LLC | 04/28/2025 |
| Chance R. Sousa | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/25/2018 |
| Cheryl Hein Johnston | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/01/1981 |
| Christina Bartosh Goodrow | Christina Bartosh Goodrow Attorney at Law, LLC | 09/24/2001 |
| Christopher B. Elam | The Law Offices of Christopher B. Elam, LLC | 07/01/2020 |
| Christopher G. Perez | 13th Judicial District Court | 10/22/1996 |
| Christopher P. Bauman | Bauman Law Firm, Inc. | 10/05/1987 |
| Christopher William Westenberger | — | 04/26/2010 |
| Crystal Anson | — | 05/21/1996 |
| Dale A. Johnson | Four Corners Law | 04/29/2020 |
| Daniel E. Rakes | Angel Fire Resort Operations, LLC | 09/21/1983 |
| Daniel J. Tallon | Daniel J. Tallon Attorney at Law | 12/12/1986 |
| David C. Mann | Rio Rancho Public Schools | 09/25/2014 |
| David G. Reynolds | Reynolds Law Office | 10/01/1982 |
| David R. Lee | Law Office of David Lee | 08/25/1972 |
| Devonne R. Sanchez | NM Health Care Authority Child Support Services Division | 04/29/2005 |
| Diana Athena Martwick | Diana A. Martwick Esq | 10/09/1998 |
| Edward Wayne Lovato | Lovato Law, P.C. | 10/16/2017 |
| Eileen Baca-Penner | Pueblo of Santa Ana | 10/05/1988 |
| Elizabeth Han | NM Children Youth and Families Department | 10/03/2000 |
| Elizabeth J. Medina | — | 09/24/2001 |
| Elizabeth Newlin Taylor | Taylor & McCaleb, P.A. | 10/05/1992 |
| Elizabeth Staley | Corrales Planning and Zoning Commission | 10/05/1987 |
| Elizabeth V. Friedenstein | Friedenstein Law Firm, LLC | 09/20/2010 |
| Eric Lewis Laurence | Law Offices of Eric L. Laurence | 04/20/2009 |
| Eric Rhoades | Spangler Pacheco & Werbelow, P.A. | 10/10/2014 |
| Erica Boutte Scott | — | 04/27/2012 |
| George Brian Vogler | — | 09/25/2014 |
| George P. Eichwald | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/26/1984 |
| Gina V. Downes | — | 09/20/2016 |
| Gregory R. McAllister | — | 06/16/1993 |
| Hannah Bridget Bell | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/20/2016 |
| Henry F. Narvaez | Narvaez Law Firm, P.A. | 01/01/1975 |
| Hilari B. Lipton | — | 09/23/2013 |
| James A. Noel | 13th Judicial District Court | 10/03/2000 |
| James S. Starzynski | — | 01/01/1976 |
| Jessica A. Martinez | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/26/2011 |
| Jessica A. Perez | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/25/2018 |
| Jessica Vaughn Tolle | — | 05/20/2021 |
| John Huntley | Huntley Legal of New Mexico | 05/25/1993 |
| John M. Butrick | Sandoval County | 09/22/2015 |
| John Morley Greacen | John Morley Greacen Attorney at Law | 11/02/1993 |
| Johnna R. Robertson | — | 09/20/2016 |
| Jolene Lucille McCaleb | Taylor & McCaleb, P.A. | 10/08/1998 |
| Jon Joseph Litty | Litty Law Group, P.C. | 10/23/2018 |
| Jonathan Mont Evans | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/25/2018 |
| Jonathan Ronald Buckner | US Department of Energy | 09/26/2005 |
| Joseph V. Rajunas III | Stewart Title | 11/15/1993 |
| Joshua Kevin James Rubin | — | 09/22/2015 |
| Judith K. Nakamura | — | 10/23/1989 |
| Justin Lee Boyd | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 03/30/2022 |
| Katelyn Jordan Hart | Red Sky Law, LLC | 10/16/2017 |
| Kelli Roberts | — | 09/25/2012 |
| Kenneth C. Downes | Kenneth C. Downes Associates, P.C. | 10/12/1977 |
| Kristin Sovey | NM Health Care Authority Child Support Services Division | 09/21/2009 |
| Kristina Caffrey | New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra Health | 10/03/2011 |
| Kyle Lee McConnell | Weed Law Firm, LLC | 10/16/2017 |
| Lance Himmelberger | Himmelberger Law Office, LLC | 10/22/1996 |
| Laurie McFarland | McFarland Legal Consulting, LLC | 04/21/2008 |
| Lawrence R. Jones | Lawrence R. Jones NM, LLC | 09/08/2022 |
| Leander Bergen | — | 05/04/1987 |
| Leeann Elizabeth Werbelow | Spangler Pacheco & Werbelow, P.A. | 09/26/2005 |
| Linda Darlene Weed | Weed Law Firm, LLC | 09/26/2011 |
| Lisa Leflore Davis | — | 09/22/2006 |
| Loren D. Hatch | Rio Rancho Public Schools | 09/26/2008 |
| Louis P. McDonald | — | 10/01/1982 |
| Marc H. Robert | Marc H. Robert Attorney | 04/21/1986 |
| Margaret A. Cassidy-Baca | Cassidy Baca, P.C. | 04/27/1992 |
| Margaret Anne Foster | Margaret A. Foster, LLC | 08/01/1994 |
| Margaret Claire Harwell | New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Inc. | 09/23/1992 |
| Mari S. Kempton | New Mexico Legal Aid | 04/25/2017 |
| Maria Rita Sanchez | — | 09/26/2011 |
| Mariah C. Poole | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 03/30/2021 |
| Marilyn Julie Chimes | — | 09/20/2010 |
| Martha Ellen Mulvany | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/26/2005 |
| Mary Alexis Volner | — | 04/29/2020 |
| Mary Catherine Louise Baca-Scott | Cassidy Baca, P.C. | 04/29/2020 |
| Mathew R. Wadsworth | Wadsworth Law, LLC | 04/30/2013 |
| Matthew Alexander Mallary | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/29/2025 |
| Matthew M. Spangler | Spangler Pacheco & Werbelow, P.A. | 09/21/1983 |
| Meaghan T. Baca | Cassidy Baca, P.C. | 09/23/2019 |
| Michael Eloy Sanchez | Rio Rancho Law Offices, P.C. | 10/10/1977 |
| Michael Eshleman | Sandoval County | 04/30/2013 |
| Michael L. Whitener | VLP Law Group, LLP | 01/10/2017 |
| Michael M. Rueckhaus | Michael M. Rueckhaus, P.C. | 08/23/1968 |
| Michael William Gadomski | 13th Judicial District Court | 08/01/2022 |
| Mikal Melissa Altomare | Oracle America, Inc. | 10/03/2000 |
| Mitchell J. Freedman | — | 09/26/2017 |
| Natalie Lynn Johnson | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/20/2010 |
| Neil O. Carson | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 02/23/2017 |
| Nicholas J. Palmer | US Marine Corps | 10/13/2022 |
| Nicholas K. Gilbert | NM Health Care Authority Child Support Services Division | 09/20/2010 |
| Nickay Bouchard Manning | Nickay Manning Law Firm, LLC | 10/05/1988 |
| Nicole E. Manning | Lux Law, LLC | 10/16/2017 |
| Nicole Marie Charlebois | The Charlebois Law Firm, LLC | 09/24/2001 |
| Nicole T. Russell | Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP | 09/25/2018 |
| Olivia R. M. Standish | The Standish Law Firm, LLC | 09/22/2015 |
| Patrick C. McNertney | Patrick C. McNertney Attorney at Law | 05/16/1988 |
| Patrick Sacra Florence | — | 11/02/1993 |
| Petra Benavides Schwartz | Law Office of Petra B. Schwartz | 05/05/2003 |
| Randall D. Van Vleck | NM Local Government Law, LLC | 10/21/1982 |
| Rebecca A. Torres | Torres Law Firm, LLC | 09/20/2010 |
| Renee Barela-Gutierrez | — | 10/03/2000 |
| Richard Raymond Montoya | 13th Judicial District Attorney’s Office | 09/29/2025 |
| Robert D. Mueller | Robert D. Mueller Attorney at Law | 05/04/1998 |
| Robert D. Wilkins | — | 08/15/2017 |
| Robert Francis Medina | Law Office of Robert F. Medina | 09/21/2009 |
| Robert J. Martinez | — | 02/02/2016 |
| Robert R. Fuentes | Fuentes Law Office, P.C. | 09/01/1975 |
| Roger Allan Bargas | Roger Bargas Esq | 09/17/1975 |
| Ronald R. Bratton | — | 05/23/1995 |
| Rosalie Chavez | — | 05/16/1988 |
| Sam B. Sanchez | Sam B. Sanchez Attorney at Law | 10/21/1982 |
| Santee Dee Lewis | Pueblo of Sandia | 09/30/2024 |
| Sarracina Littlebird | — | 10/24/2024 |
| Sean M. Distor | — | 09/25/2018 |
| Stacy H. Fitzpatrick | ABQ Accident Attorney | 10/26/2004 |
| Steffani A. Cochran | Pueblo of Sandia | 10/22/1996 |
| Stephanie Laura Latimer Davis | 13th Judicial District Court | 09/25/2012 |
| Stephanie Marie Salazar | Pueblo of Sandia | 09/22/2015 |
| T. J. O’Quinn | — | 09/23/2013 |
| Tanya L. Scott | Law & Resource Planning Associates, P.C. | 10/21/1982 |
| Tara McKenzie | — | 06/30/2022 |
| Tea Brianne Davidson | Davidson Law Firm | 10/12/2023 |
| Tessa T. Davidson | Davidson Law Firm, LLC | 10/24/1995 |
| Thomas F. Woods | Woods Patent Law | 02/27/2020 |
| Thomas G. Rice | Thomas G. Rice, P.C. | 05/01/1977 |
| Travis J. White | AMREP Southwest, Inc. | 09/26/2011 |
| Troy S. Lawton | — | 09/28/2021 |
| Valentino C. Messina III | Messina Law Firm, LLC | 09/24/2001 |
| Vanessa L. Deniro | The Mortgage Law Firm, P.C. | 04/25/2011 |
| Victor Gerald Grafe | The Grafe Law Office, P.C. | 05/05/1997 |
| William Mark Mast | — | 05/05/2003 |
| Yiwei Chen | NM Economic Development Department | 03/23/2026 |
| Yvette J. Gonzales | Yvette J. Gonzales, LLC | 10/02/1990 |
