Hearsay Jay F. Stein and James C. Brockmann of Stein & Brockmann, P.A. have been named to Best Lawyers in America in the field of water law for 2022. Stein was named a “Lawyer of the Year.” Amanda E. Cvinar has joined Sutin, Thayer & Browne as an associate attorney. A member of the Firm’s commercial group, she practices in the areas of business and corporate law, IP, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, renewable energy development and public finance, where she drafts loan and due diligence documents. She served as a legal extern to the Public Regulation Commission and as a law clerk in the Attorney General’s Office. She also clerked at Sutin, where she assisted clients with forming, governing, and selling their businesses and with trademark applications to the USPTO. Cvinar earned her J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law. Hope Eckert has recently opened Creative Mediations, a nationwide mediation firm specializing in bringing legal expertise, emotional intelligence, creativity, and optimism to the mediation process. Previously, she served as Circuit Mediator for the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and as New Mexico State and Metropolitan Court Settlement Facilitator. She also has experience and training in social service and counseling. Justin L. Greene has joined Sutin, Thayer & Browne as an associate attorney in the Firm’s litigation group. He practices primarily in the areas of employment and commercial litigation. Greene was a law clerk for FOX Sports, Alexander Morrison + Fehr, and Employee Justice Legal Group, all in Los Angeles, while a law student. During his clerkships, his work related to employment-related litigation such as discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, and wageand-hour claims. Before entering law school, he worked as a legal assistant and paralegal at law firms in Colorado and California. Greene received his J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law with certificates in Business Law and Media & Entertainment Law.
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www.sbnm.org Christine L. Lucero has joined Sutin, Thayer & Browne as a paralegal in the firm’s litigation group where her focus is in civil and commercial litigation and employment law. She has been working in the legal profession as a legal assistant and paralegal for 25 years. Lucero earned her Associate of Applied Sciences in Legal Assistant Studies from Albuquerque Technical Vocation Institute, now CNM, in 1996. The Rodey Law Firm has achieved top ranking in Chambers USA–America’s Leading Lawyers for Business-2020. Rodey received Chambers’ highest ranking in the following areas of law: Corporate/ Commercial; Labor and Employment; Litigation: General Commercial; and Real Estate. Chambers bases its rankings on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client. Chambers honored these Rodey lawyers with its highest designation of “Leaders in Their Field” based on their experience and expertise: Mark K. Adams: environment, natural resources and regulated industries, water law; Rick Beitler: litigation: medical malpractice and insurance defense; Perry E. Bendicksen III: corporate/commercial; David P. Buchholtz: corporate/ commercial; David W. Bunting: litigation: general commercial; Jeffrey Croasdell: litigation: general commercial; Nelson Franse: litigation: general commercial; medical malpractice and insurance defense; Catherine T. Goldberg: real estate; Scott D. Gordon: labor and employment; Bruce Hall: litigation: general commercial; Justin A. Horwitz: corporate/commercial; Jeffrey L. Lowry: labor and employment; Donald B. Monnheimer: corporate/ commercial; Sunny J. Nixon: environment, natural resources and regulated industries: water law; Edward Ricco: litigation: general commercial; Debora E. Ramirez: real estate, John P. Salazar: real estate; Andrew G. Schultz: litigation: general commercial; Charles A. Seibert: real estate; Tracy Sprouls: corporate/commercial: tax; Thomas L. Stahl: labor and employment; and Charles J. Vigil: labor and employment.
