Meredith Marie Baker

Meredith Marie Baker

4.5
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 18 years

Family Lawyer at Albuquerque, NM
Practice Areas: Family, Criminal Defense, Child Abuse

Law Office of Meredith Baker, LLC, PO Box 7415, Albuquerque, NM

About Meredith

Biography

Practice Areas

3

Practice Areas

Family 60%

Divorce, custody, premarital and post-marital agreements, kinship guardianship, adoptions

14 years | 525 cases

60%
Child Abuse 20%

defending parents accused of child abuse

13 years | 105 cases

20%
Criminal Defense 20%

concentrating in sex assault and domestic violence

16 years | 73 cases

20%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 250-400 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 14 years

State: California

Acquired: 2011

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New Mexico for 16 years

State: New Mexico

Acquired: 2009

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New York for 18 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2007

Currently Registered

No misconduct found

Location

Meredith Baker

Law Office of Meredith Baker, LLC, PO Box 7415, Albuquerque, NM, 87184

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Meredith Marie Baker's Reviews

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4.5 /5.0

8 Client Reviews

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Posted by Todd | June 04, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Family

PGA Coach and Manager

Meredith is a lawyer who helped me with family law, financial, and contract law. She has been very thourough and intelligent to handle all my questions on a variety of topics. Meredith’s work ethic and ability to adapt adds to my growing confidence. As I continue to grow, it will be with more ...confidence knowing Meredith Baker is in my corner. I referred her to other close colleagues and friends knowing she will have their backs especially with family law. And I am grateful she resides in Albuquerque and highly recommend her to have in your corner during a challenging time in your life. TK

Posted by A. McAnally | January 27, 2025 | Hired Attorney | Divorce & Separation

Meredith and Gracie got me through my divorce with my sanity !

Meredith and Gracie got me through my divorce with my sanity ! She has a great client handbook, she remembers so many details without even checking notes. Her paralegal is on top of things and always gave me advanced notice and reminders of deadlines and other events. Meredith is also very straight t...o the point. She would tell me things like “you can be upset about this the rest of today. Then you need to get it together” and my favorite “stop borrowing trouble.” Sometimes I didn’t want to do what she told me, but I did anyway, because I’m paying for her advice. A year later, I’m so happy I listened to her! She told me to give it a year and I would feel like a different person, and I do. I feel like the person I used to be, with my character and values intact.

Posted by anonymous | March 30, 2019 | Domestic Violence

Great results!

I hired Ms Baker after my former boyfriend became threatening. She was very supportive and kept me strong through out the process. Her confidence was inspirational.

Posted by Kristina | March 28, 2019 | Hired Attorney | Child Support

Tough, experienced, sense of humor, would definitely hire her again

I have utilized Meredith Baker’s legal services as her client for both child support arbitration, and later, separately, twice as her client for business legal assistance. I hired Ms. Baker for child support mediation and arbitration, which was resolved in court in December 2016, and then later, I... retained her as my advocate for a business contract dispute in Fall 2018, and again, in early 2019, to write my future business contracts to protect me better legally in my work as a consultant in private industry. I found Ms. Baker to be fair and tough in family law court proceedings. She prepared me in advance for various tacks of questioning that the opposing lawyer might take during my child support hearing. I felt confident and protected, and we were able to reach satisfactory resolution with the opposing party. As my legal advocate and buttress of defense, Ms. Baker absolutely focused for me as her client; she moved forward calmly through disputes which were of high emotions. Ms. Baker is also experienced in business law, and was able to retrieve payment for me from a foreign company with which I had a signed contract for cash and stock. After a board takeover, this foreign company refused to make my final payments due per contract after receiving my completed work, until I retained Ms. Baker for legal assistance in this matter as her client. Ms. Baker has an acute sense of justice, and also, has always held true to my wishes as her client. I will definitely retain her again to resolve any dispute I may have which requires mediation or arbitration within the realms of family law and business law.

Posted by Ben | March 26, 2019 | Hired Attorney

A very understanding and funny lawyer!

If you're considering Meredith Baker as your legal counsel, you better choose her! She is someone whose judgement you can trust. Meredith helped me with a legal issue that I had. She was nothing but warm and welcoming, even with a case like mine. She is a great communicator: always made sure to h...ear and understand everything I had to say about my case, explained legal nuances to me that I had no clue about, and did everything she could to communicate with all of the parties involved in my legal matter. She went out of her way to be my legal counsel and to help me. And it all worked out exactly as she said it would!

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Child abuse lawyer | Apr 21

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"I endorse this lawyer. Ms Baker and I represent respondent parents in child abuse and neglect cases filed by New Mexico's child protection agency. I have found her to be knowledgeable about this somewhat arcane area of the law, always prepared and quite competent in her presentations to the Court. She also has a sense of humor."

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2012 - Present

Attorney, Law Office of Meredith Baker LLC

2011 - 2012

Securities Attorney, New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department

2009 - 2011

Associate Counsel, Amtrak Office of Inspector General

Associations

2017 - Present

National Association of Counsel for Children

member

2013 - Present

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

member

2010 - Present

New Mexico State Bar

member

Education

2007

Brooklyn Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

2001

Roosevelt University

liberal arts

Activity

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