Amber Macias-Mayo has worked in family law for over 25 years. Prior to forming Macias-Mayo Law, she was a partner at the highly respected family law firm Walther Bennett Mayo Honeycutt. Guided throughout her early career by some of the brightest and most respected legal minds in family law, she developed impressive skills dealing with the financial aspects of high-net worth estates and complex custody issues. She brings those skills, together with expertise in jurisdictional disputes, co-parenting challenges, domestic violence, Artificial Reproductive Technology, and contract creation and review to her current practice.
Macias-Mayo has a well-deserved reputation as a forward-thinking, creative lawyer who seeks out innovative solutions, whether for clients, her team, or the community. She is dedicated to equitably settling cases whenever appropriate but knows when a client’s needs are best served in court. She is a formidable litigator and is aided by a deep and knowledgeable bench at Macias Mayo Law.
Macias-Mayo is originally from San Diego but deep familial roots drew her back to New Mexico, where she’s lived for the last 35 years. She deeply understands, appreciates, and honors the culture, families, and challenges of the New Mexico community and always seeks ways to use her talents to give back to them.
Macias-Mayo loves her family, New Mexico, and music and arts. This last has led her to add music copyright law, and entertainment performance and compensation contracts to her legal repertoire. She assists local musicians with developing their entity, reviewing contracts, and aiding in marketability, along with guiding them in their rights associated with music copyright law. She also represents established and aspiring local actors/actresses in reviewing and negotiating.
Accolades
Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch Family Law 2020-2023
Best Lawyers, Ones to Watch Women in Law 2021, 2022
New Mexico Business Weekly 40 Under 40 2017
Publications and Presentations
New Mexico Lawyer, Family Law Edition, Vol. 16, No. 1, July 2021 High Income Child Support: Long Awaited Appellate Guidance Co-author with Sarah E. Bennett
American Journal of Family Law, Vol 33-No.2, Summer 2019: Plowing the Landscape of Terror
American Journal of Family Law, Vol 32-No.3, Fall 2018: The Link Between Animal Abuse and Child Abuse
Twelfth Judicial District Annual Bench and Bar Conference, Fall 2021: Co-Presenter, “Guardians ad Litem in Family Law Cases”
UNM School of Law Domestic Violence Class, 2014 to 2019 Presenter each summer on “The Link”
