Montgomery & Andrews, P.A.

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Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. is a Law Firm in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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325 Paseo de Peralta, P.O. Box 2307
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2307 (Santa Fe Co.)

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505-982-3873

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J. O. Seth (1883-1963).

A. K. Montgomery (1903-1987).

Frank Andrews (1914-1981).

Seth D. Montgomery (1937-1998).

Victor R. Ortega (Chairman) born Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 5, 1933; admitted to bar, 1959, New Mexico; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1954); Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Assistant District Attorney, Second Judicial District, State of New Mexico, 1959-1960. U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, 1969-1978. Member, Constitutional Revision Commission, New Mexico, 1968-1969. Member, 1973-1978 and Chairman, 1977-1978, Attorney General's Advisory Committee of the United States Attorneys. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Litigation); National Association of Former United States Attorneys; American law Institute. [With U.S. Army, 1954-1956]. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Antitrust Law; Commercial Law.Email: Victor R. Ortega

Gary Kilpatric (Director) born Chico, California, February 10, 1942; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1974, New Mexico. Education: University of Miami and University of California at Berkeley (A.B., 1965); Hastings College of Law, University of California (J.D., 1972). Member, Thurston Society. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Author: "A New Day in New Mexico for Third Party Bad Faith Claims," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, September 1, 2004, Vol. XV, Ed. VII; "The Curious Case of Rascob v. Sanchez: Direct Action Against Auto Insurers in New Mexico," FORC Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law and Regulation, December 4, 1997, Vol. XI, Ed. IV; Editor and Co-Author: "New Mexico Hotel & Motel Laws Book". Co-Author: "Laws, PACs and Campaign Finance" (West Publ. Co.). Deputy District Attorney, Contra Costa County, California, 1973-1974. Past Chair, New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry. Chair, Legislative Affairs, New Mexico Oil and Gas Association. Member: State Bar of California; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Tort and Insurance Law; State and Local Government Law). New Mexico Compilation Commission (Chair, Advisory Committee); Federation of Regulatory Counsel. [1st. Lt., U.S. Army, 1965-1968]. Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Administrative Law; Natural Resources Law; Insurance Regulatory Law.Email: Gary Kilpatric

Thomas W. Olson (Director) born Emmetsburg, Iowa, January 31, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, New Mexico. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1968); University of New Mexico (J.D., summa cum laude, 1973). Order of the Coif. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Editor, New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 3, 1972-1973. Lecturer, "Wills & Trusts," University of New Mexico School of Law, 1974. Law Clerk to Hon. Oliver Seth, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1973-1974. Member: Governor's State Energy Policy Advisory Council, 1991-1994; New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law; Health Law); American Health Lawyers Association. [First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Hospital Law; Health Care Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Thomas W. Olson

Walter J. Melendres (Director) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, California; 1976, New Mexico. Education: University of New Mexico (B.A., with honors, 1969); Stanford University (J.D., 1972). Listed: Southwest Super Lawyers 2007-2009; The Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2009. Bar Commissioner, New Mexico Board of Bar Commissioners, 1985-1986. Member, New Mexico Court Appellate Court Selection Committee, 1991-1995; State Bar of California (inactive). Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute New Mexico Liaison to Drug and Medical Device Section); New Mexico Defense; Lawyers Association (President, 1998-1999); Oliver Seth American Inn of Court (Master). Reported Cases: Bauer, et al. v. College at Santa Fe, et al., 2003 NMCA 121, 134 N.M. 439, 78 P.3d 76 (Ct. App. 2003); Norwest Bank of New Mexico, N.A. v. Chrysler Corp. 127 N.M. 397, 981 P2d 1215 (Ct. App. 1999); Sandoval v. Chrysler Corp., 125 N.M. 292, 960 P.2d 834 (N.M. App. 1998). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Product Liability Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Insurance Law; Business Litigation.Email: Walter J. Melendres

John B. Draper (Director) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, May 8, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, New Mexico; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., with high honors, 1969); University of New Mexico (J.D., magna cum laude, 1975); University of Stockholm (Diploma in Graduate Legal Studies, with distinction, 1980); St. John's College (Master's degree, 1997). Order of the Coif. Fellow: American-Scandinavian Foundation, Sweden, 1970-1971. Fulbright-Hays Grantee, Sweden, 1976-1977. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1989—; Chambers USA (Star Ranking), 2004—. Reported Cases: Kansas v. Colorado, 543 U.S. 86 (2004); 533 U.S. 1 (2001); 514 U.S. 673 (1995). Practice Areas: Water and other natural resources.Email: John B. Draper

Nancy M. King (Director) born Omak, Washington, July 22, 1945; admitted to bar, 1977, New Mexico. Education: Washington State University (B.A., 1967); University of New Mexico (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Member, State Bar Standards of Title Examiner Committee; Director, Business Law Section, 1990-1993); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Practice). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Business Law; Administrative Law.Email: Nancy M. King

Sarah M. Singleton (Director) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New Mexico; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, Texas; 1994, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Sarah Lawrence College (B.A., 1971); Indiana University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Order of the Coif. Editor, Indiana Law Journal. Co-Chair, New Mexico Access to Justice Commission. Member, Board of Directors, Legal Services Corporation. Member: First Judicial District and American Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico (President, 1995-1996); State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: Wilson v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co., 2004-NMCA-51, 135 N.M. 506, 90 P. 3d 525; San Juan 1990; A, L.P. v. El Paso Production Co., 2002- NMCA - 41, 43 P.3d 1083; Norwest Bank New Mexico NA v. Chrysler Corp., 981 P. 2d 1215 (Ct. App. 1999); Sandoval v. Chrysler Corp., 1998-NMCA-085; Flores v. Baca, 871 P. 2d 962 (1994); Bartlett v. New Mexico Welding Supply, 646 P. 2d 579 (Ct. App. 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation; Natural Resources Law; Products Liability; Employment Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Sarah M. Singleton

Stephen S. Hamilton (Director) born Riverside, California, February 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, California; 1977, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Claims Court; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Claremont McKenna College (B.A., cum laude, 1970); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1974). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure for District Courts, 1997-2002; First Judicial District Civil Rules Committee, 1995-1996. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: State of N.M. ex rel. New Mexico State Highway Dep't v. U.S., 229 Ct. Cl. 99, 665 F. 2d 1023 (1981); State of N.M. ex rel. N.M. State Highway Dep't v. Goldschmidt, 629 F. 2d 665 (10th Cir. N.M., 1980); Stuckey's Stores, Inc. v. O'Cheskey, 93 N.M. 312, 600 P. 2d 258, 13 ERC 1673 (1979), appeal dismissed Stuckey's Stores, Inc. v. O'Cheskey, 446 U.S. 930 (1980); Powell v. New Mexico State Highway and Transp. Dep't, 117 NM 415, 872, P. 2d 388 (Ct. App. 1994); ENMR Tel. Coop. v. New Mexico State Corp. Comm'n., 118 N.M. 654, 884 P. 2d 810 (1994); AG Services of America v. Nielsen 231 F. 3d 726 (10th Cir 2000), cert. denied, 532 U.S.1021, 121 S. Ct. 1961, 149 l. Ed. 2d 757 (2001); Pueblo of Picuris v. New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. 131 NM 166, 33 P3d 916 (Ct App 2001), cert. denied, 131 NM 221, 34 P3d 610; Village of Wagon Mound v. The Mora Trust, 2003-NMCA-035, 62 P. 3d 1255 (Ct. App. 2003) cert. denied, 133 NM 413, 63 P. 3d 516; e.spire Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission, 392 F. 3d 1204 (10th Cir. 2004). Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Eminent Domain Law; Estate and Trust Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Arbitration; Mediation.Email: Stephen S. Hamilton

Edmund H. Kendrick (Director) born Springfield, Massachusetts, April 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1977, Massachusetts; 1979, District of Columbia; 1982, New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1970); Harvard University (M.C.P., 1977); Boston University (J.D., 1977). Attorney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1978-1981. Chairman, Environmental Affairs Committee of New Mexico Oil & Gas Association, 1991-1994. Chairman, New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission Task Force on Disposal of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials, 1995-1996. Member: District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Indian Law); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Oil and Gas Law; Indian Law; Mining Law.Email: Edmund H. Kendrick

Louis W. Rose (Director) born Waukegan, Illinois, October 18, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, New Mexico; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of New Mexico (B.S., cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1976). Member, 1988-1992 and Chair, 1991-1992, Western States Hazardous Waste Project. Member: First Judicial District and American (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice; Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Law Practice Management) Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Director, 1997-2004 and Chairman, 2002; Public Law; Director, 1987-1996 and Chairman, 1988-1989). Reported Cases: Citizen Action v. Sandia Corp., 2008-NMCA-031, 179 P3d 1228; Regents of the Univ. of Cal v. NM Water Quality Control Comm'n, 2004-NMCA-073, 136 N.M. 45, 94 P.3d 788; Rio Grande Chapter of the Sierra Club v. New Mexico Mining Commission, 2003-NMSC-5, 133 NM 97, 61 P.3d 806. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Occupational Safety and Health Law.Email: Louis W. Rose

Randy S. Bartell (Director) born Bakersfield, California, November 24, 1953; admitted to bar, 1982, New Mexico. Education: Occidental College (B.A., with honors in English, 1975); Loyola Law School (J.D., 1982). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); State Bar of New Mexico; Federal Bar of the District of New Mexico; First Judicial Bar Association; Oliver Seth Inn of Court (Master of the Bench; Co-Chair, State Bar Committee on Bench and Bar Relations 2004 —); St. Thomas Moore Honor Society; Tenth Circuit Judicial Conference. Special Agencies: Transportation Department of Public Regulatory Commission. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Construction; Insurance Defense; Administrative; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law.Email: Randy S. Bartell

Jeffrey J. Wechsler (Director) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 24, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, New Mexico. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., 1996); University of Utah (J.D., 2002). Order of the Coif. Editor in Chief, Journal of Land Resources and Environmental Law, 2001-2002. Recipient, Certificate in Environmental and Resources Law. Law Clerk to the Honorable Bruce D. Black, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Author: "This Land is Our Land...," Journal of Land Resources and Environmental Law, Issue 21A. Member: State Bar of New Mexico.Email: Jeffrey J. Wechsler

Alexandra Corwin-Aguilar (Director) born Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, July 10, 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, New Mexico. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., Biology, 1985); University of California, Berkeley (O.D., Doctor of Optometry, 1989; J.D., 1995). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Legal Issues in Biomedical Ethics, 1995. Associate Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1994-1995. Doctor of Optometry (O.D.), U.C. Berkeley School of Optometry, 1989. Member, Supreme Court Rules of Criminal Procedure for the District Courts Committee, 2004—. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association; New Mexico First Judicial District Bar Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation.Email: Alexandra Corwin-Aguilar

J. Scott Hall (Director) born Amarillo, Texas, April 18, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New Mexico and Oklahoma; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: University of Denver (B.A., 1975); Oklahoma City University (J.D., 1979). Counsel, New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands, 1979-1982. Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Natural Resources Law); Oklahoma Bar Association (Member, Mineral Law Section). Special Agencies: New Mexico Oil Conservation Division; New Mexico State Land Office; Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Indian Affairs. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Administrative Law; Regulatory Law; Title Examination; Commercial Litigation; Public Land Law; Legislative Practice.Email: J. Scott Hall

Suzanne C. Odom (Shareholder) born Denver, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1995, Colorado; 2000, New Mexico; 2001, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.S., 1990); University of Denver (M.B.A., 1995; J.D., 1995). Member, University of Denver Law Review, 1993-1995. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section of Business Law); State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, Committee on Women in the Profession). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law; Partnership Law; Civil Litigation; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Business Planning; Foreclosures; Employment Law.Email: Suzanne C. Odom

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Holly Agajanian (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2006, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: University of California at Los Angeles (B.A., American Literature and Culture, 1997); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., cum laude 2002). Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 2002-2006; Board of Directors of Logan's Hope, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to finding a cure for Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the number one genetic killer of children under the age of 2. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Aguilar v. Las Cumbres Learning, Inc., Slip Copy, 2008 WL 4107137 D.N.M. April 26, 2008 B.T. v. Davis 557 F.Supp.2d 1262 (D.N.M 2007). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Insurance Defense; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment; Trial Practice; Constitutional Law.Email: Holly Agajanian

Sharon T. Shaheen (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 2005, New Mexico. Education: University of North Texas (B.M., 1979); University of New Mexico (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk to Honorable Celia Foy Castillo, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2005-2007. Author: Gary Kilpatric & Sharon Shaheen, "A New Day in New Mexico for Third Party Bad Faith Claims," FORC, Quarterly Journal of Insurance Law Regulation, Vol. XV, Ed. VII, 2004. Thesis Honors, Weighing and Balancing Social and Economic Considerations of Siting Landfills, 2004-2005; Co-editor, Natural Resources Journal. Member: State Bar of New Mexico (Public Law Section Board).Email: Sharon T. Shaheen

Jaime R. Kennedy (Associate) born Burlington, Vermont, February 20, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New Mexico. Education: Boston University (B.A., 2002); University of New Mexico (J.D., 2006). Recipient, Order of the Coif, Lexis Award. Manuscript Editor, New Mexico Law Review. Law Clerk to Honorable Lynn Pickard, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2006-2007. Author: note, "For This Right There Is a Remedy: The New Mexico Supreme Court's Application of Ex parte Young to Allow Suits Against the State, Gill v. Public Employees Retirement Board," New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 35, No. 3, Summer 2005. Member: State Bar of New Mexico.Email: Jaime R. Kennedy

Seth C. McMillan (Associate) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1974; admitted to bar, 2008, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: Amherst College (B.A., Geology, 1997); University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D., 2007). Law Clerk to Hon. Lynn Pickard, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 2007-2008. Member, University of New Mexico Law Review, 2006-2007. Recipient, University of New Mexico Bondurant Merit Scholarship, 2004-2005. Program Coordinator, Santa Fe Institute, 2002-2004. CEO, Hot Lunch Records, 2000-2002. Graduate Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997-2000. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association.Email: Seth C. McMillan

Lara Katz (Associate) born Boulder, Colorado, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico. Education: University of California at Santa Cruz (B.A., Cultural Anthropology, 2000); University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Order of the Coif; Co-Editor-in-Chief, University of New Mexico School of Law Natural Resources Journal (2005-2006); Law Clerk to Honorable Richard C. Bosson, New Mexico Supreme Court (2006-2008); Author, "History of the Minnow Litigation and Its Implications for the Future of Reservoir Operations on the Rio Grande," 47 NAT. RESOURCES J. 675 (Summer 2007); Co-Author "History of the Rio Grande Reservoirs in New Mexico: Legislation and Litigation," 47 NAT. RESOURCES J. 525 (Summer 2007). Member: State Bar of New Mexico.Email: Lara Katz

OF COUNSEL

Earl W. Potter (Of Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, August 14, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New Mexico; 1970, California; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1965); Stanford University (J.D., 1968). Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Bar Association; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Special Agencies: City of Santa Fe; County of Santa Fe; New Mexico Attorney General; New Mexico Environment Department. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use Zoning; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Business.Email: Earl W. Potter


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