Hearsay Connor Joy has joined Modrall Sperling’s Albuquerque office as an associate in the firm’s litigation group, representing clients in a wide range of matters. Hailing from Gallup, Connor studied English and philosophy at the University of New Mexico for his undergraduate. He returned to the UNM School of Law in 2018, serving as Managing Editor of the New Mexico Law Review. George “Dave” Giddens of Giddens + Gatton Law, P.C., was recently recognized on the 2022 Southwest Super Lawyers website. Giddens was named a Super Lawyer for the 11th time. Giddens is the founder and managing shareholder of Giddens + Gatton Law, P.C., and focuses primarily on creditor/ debtor rights across New Mexico. Giddens earned both an undergraduate degree and juris doctor from the University of Kansas. The Honorable Vidalia Chavez, Division XIV, transferred to the Civil Division of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court on April 15, 2022 after serving on the criminal bench for the past seven years. Judge Chavez was elected to the court in 2014 and served as Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division from 2017 to 2018. She also presided over the Behavioral Health DWI Court for a number of years.
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Bar Bulletin - May 25, 2022 - Volume 61, No. 10
www.sbnm.org Five lawyers from Sutin, Thayer & Browne have been selected for inclusion in the 2022 Southwest Super Lawyers list, a ranking of outstanding lawyers who have attained high degrees of peer recognition and professional achievement. The attorneys consist of Southwest Rising Star Robert J. Johnston and Suzanne Wood Bruckner in Tax law, Barbara G. Stephenson and Benjamin E. Thomas in Employment and Labor law and Maria Montoya Chavez in Family law. The University Casebook Series of West Publishing/Foundation Press has published the Eighth Edition of Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases (2021), authored by Andre A. Moenssens, Betty Layne DesPortes and Roderick T. Kennedy, formerly of the New Mexico Court of Appeals. Judge Kennedy just completed a term on the Board of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in which he has been a Fellow since 1994, receiving the Jurisprudence Section’s Feder Award in 2018. He is also a Fellow and 2003 award recipient in the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences.
