Albuquerque, NM
Criminal defense Lawyer at Albuquerque, NM
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Litigation ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Successfully obtained ballot impoundment and review
Successfully sought judicial impoundment of 8,000+ absentee ballots, led team in reviewing those ballots for irregularities, and wrote detailed report outlining findings of irregularities
OUTCOME: Victory (dismissal of all claims against client)
Won summary-judgment motion for Deputy U.S. Marshal wrongfully accused under Bivens of unconstitutionally shooting and killing a suspect
OUTCOME: Victory (dismissal of case to keep client off ballot)
Successfully defended prominent incumbent legislator against nominating-petition challenge that, if successful, would have kept the client off the ballot
OUTCOME: Victory ($4M lien on ranch voided)
Won injunctive relief for sellers of an $80,000,000+ ranch against unlicensed brokers whose >$4,000,000 lien was preventing the sale of the ranch
OUTCOME: Victory (won injunction against AG & SOS and $133K in attorneys' fees)
Won First Amendment campaign-finance suit for U.S. Congressman Steve Pearce, obtaining an injunction and $133,000 in attorneys' fees against the New Mexico Secretary of State, Attorney General, and a D ... istrict Attorney for refusing to allow Rep. Pearce to transfer his FECA funds to a state campaign (CRA) account
OUTCOME: Victory (straight-party-ticket line on ballot declared illegal by Supreme Court)
Won a writ of mandamus from the Supreme Court on behalf of the state Republican Party, Libertarian Party, a Democratic candidate, and independent political committees barring the New Mexico Secretary o ... f State (or any successor) from including a straight-ticket voting option on the ballot
OUTCOME: Victory (evidence suppressed and case dismissed)
Won suppression motion (and thus case as a whole) by successfully arguing that the standard consent form used by Air Force police violates the Fourth Amendment (post-Birchfield v. North Dakota) because ... it mentions the possibility of additional ("aggravated") charges and harsher sentencing if a suspect declines to consent to a blood draw
OUTCOME: Victory (case dismissed by Court)
Won dismissal of all charges against federal criminal defendant by proving that the area of Kirtland Air Force Base at which the alleged crime occurred had not been properly jurisdictionally ceded from ... the state to the federal government
OUTCOME: Victory (acquittal at jury trial)
Won acquittal in federal jury trial for client accused of large-scale drug trafficking
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