WC New Mexico News

There was one more active legal license in Apache County in February compared to the previous month, according to the State Bar of New Mexico.

There were 27 active legal licenses in Apache County in February, compared to 26 the month before.

Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.

As of 2023, the average salary for a lawyer in New Mexico is approximately $96,071 per year.

New Mexico faces a severe shortage of lawyers. Two of its counties have no attorneys, and 21% of the state's counties have no more than five lawyers.

Note that the table below does not represent all lawyers with active licenses to practice.

Lawyer Name	Name of Firm
Arash N. Moalemi	Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Bidtah N. Becker
Brian Charlie Curley-Chambers	Cedar Tree Native Law
Christopher J. Schneider	DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
Dana Lee Bobroff	Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel
Daniel Benjamin Watts	Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Daniel G. Moquin	Navajo Nation NRU
Erika Rose Pirotte	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Ethan Johnson Arviso	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Heather L. Clah	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Jay C. McCray	Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
John B. Rutherford	Navajo Nation
Kevin Clifford Barnett	Navajo Nation Office of the Prosecutor
Kristen April Lowell	Navajo Nation Office of Legislative Counsel
Latonia B. Johnson	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Laverne H. Garnenez	Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Lillian L. Schwales	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Lorenzo Curley	Navajo Nation Department of Justice
Michelle G. Espino	Navajo Nation
Navalyn R. Platero
Rhonda L. Tuni
Robert L. Silva	Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
Robert Olav Allan	Navajo Nation Division of National Resources & DOJ
Ronald Davis Haven
Sean McKenzie	DNA-People's Legal Services, Inc.
Tamsen L. Holm	Fort Defiance Indian Hospital Board, Inc.
Veronica Blackhat	Navajo Nation Department of Justice