Legal Well-Being In Action

Episode Bios: United States Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez Alexander M.M. Uballez serves as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico.  Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on January 26, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 17, 2022, Mr. Uballez is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the district. Prior to his confirmation as United States Attorney,...

SEAN FITZPATRICK, Fitzpatrick Law LLC, and the NM Well-Being Committee Co-Chair. KENNETH STALTER is a solo practitioner in Albuquerque, with a focus on litigation and appellate practice. He founded Stalter Law LLC in 2018. Disclaimer: Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico  Lawyer Assistance Program. All editing a...

BRIAN K. NICHOLS is a shareholder with the Modrall Law Firm and practices primarily in federal Indian law and litigation, including tribal courts, with focuses on energy, natural resources, transportation and employment. As a member of the Navajo Nation Bar, Brian regularly advises clients regarding Navajo law and represents clients in Navajo courts and agencies. In 2018, Best Lawyers in America®...

WILLIAM D. SLEASE (“Bill”) is the Professional Development Program Director for the State Bar of New Mexico. In addition to his duties at the State Bar, he serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law where he teaches 1L Lab, Ethics, and serves as a practice skills evaluator for the evidence-trial practice skills course. He formerly served as the Chief Disciplinary...

Amanda Parker, PhD. Dr. Amanda Parker is a writer, researcher, and educator from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has a PhD focused on critical race studies in education and society and speaks regularly at national and international conferences where she presents her work on the intersection of race and gender, building solidarity, and raising critically conscious children.  Dr. Parker is the Director...

Speakers Pamela Moore , MA, LPCC, currently serves as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Director of the State Bar of New Mexico’s Professional Programs Group where she educates the legal community on positive health and well-being and assists in providing resources and services to any legal professional struggling with mental, emotional or behavioral issues.  Ms. Moore served as an ad...

Chief Bennett Baur began his career as a trial attorney in the Albuquerque office of the public defender in 1993. After time as an assistant district attorney and nine years in private practice, he returned to the LOPD as the First Judicial District Defender. He has also served as deputy chief and interim chief for the department. Baur is a past president of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers...

Speakers: Briggs Cheney , Esq., Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A., and the Co-Chair to the NMJLAP Committee. Seth Sparks is a director in the Litigation Department. He practices in the areas of trucking defense, professional liability, insurance coverage and bad faith and insurance defense. He represents his professional clients before their regulatory boards including the Disciplinary Board, an agency o...

Speakers: Christina Babcock is a full-time professor in the Paralegal Studies Program at Central New Mexico Community College. She has a master’s degree in paralegal studies, and 27 years of paralegal experience with a background in criminal defense litigation. Christina is the 2022 Secretary for the State Bar of New Mexico Paralegal Division and is a member of the NM Well-Being Committee. In her...

Speakers: Billy Jimenez is the Deputy Secretary and General Counsel for the New Mexico Department of Health. Billy graduated from the UNM School of Law in 2012 and has worked in several private and public settings as a commercial litigator specializing in health and environmental law. He also served as a board member for the Young Lawyers Division and District Representative for the American Bar A...

Speakers : Annette DeBois graduated from the UNM School of Law in 1982, and immediately joined a small private firm, Paskind Lynch and Dow, where she stayed for 18 years.  She then became the staff attorney for the Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Trustee and worked in the federal system for 11 years.  Her last five years of practice were as an Administrative Hearing Officer for the NM Taxation and Revenue D...

Speakers: Caitlin Dillon, prosecutor in the Special Prosecutions Division for the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General, and member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Hector Balderas, Attorney General of New Mexico since 2015. Mr. Balderas has been honored for his work to increase safety and prosperity for New Mexico families with a variety of awards, including the prestigious New Frontier Award...

Speakers: Bonnie Stepleton, Director of Student and Career Services at the UNM School of Law and a member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Christina Bustamante, first-year law student at UNM School of Law, 1L representative of the Student Bar Association's Well-Being Committee, and the law school representative to the NM Well-Being Committee. Mark Blosser, second-year law student at the University...

Briggs Cheney, Esq., Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A., and the Co-Chair to the NMJLAP Committee. Ernestina R. Cruz, Esq., founder of Cruz Law Office, LLC located in Taos and Santa Fe, Past President of the State Bar of New Mexico (2020) and Past Member of the SBNM Well-Being Committee (2020-2021) James Wilkes, Esq., Shareholder, and Director, Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A. Thank you for listening! This epis...

Presented by: Briggs Cheney, Esq., Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A., and the Co-Chair to the NMJLAP Committee. Ernestina R. Cruz, Esq., founder of Cruz Law Office, LLC located in Taos and Santa Fe, Past President of the State Bar of New Mexico (2020) and Past Member of the SBNM Well-Being Committee (2020-2021) James Wilkes, Esq., Shareholder, and Director, Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A. Thank you for listen...

Presented by: William Slease, Professional Practice Program Director for the State Bar of New Mexico and member of the NM Well-Being Committee; Sarah Armstrong, Armstrong, Roth, Whitley, Johnstone (ARWJ) Family Law, LLC; Rebecca Kitson, Rebecca Kitson Law, PC. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Judges and Lawy...

Presented by: Richard Cravens, Cravens Law LLC ; Sean Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Law LLC and NM Well-Being Committee Co-Chair. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program. All editing and sound mixing was done by BlueSky eLearn. Intro music is by Gil Flores. The views of the presente...

Presented by: Pamela Moore , MA, LPCC,  is the Program Director of the State Bar of New Mexico’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (NMJLAP), and a member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Dr. Rex Swanda is a Clinical Neuropsychologist who is board-certified through the American Board of Professional Psychology.  Dr. Evelyn Sandeen is a licensed psychologist who is board-certified in clinical psy...

The State Bar of New Mexico is excited to have its first cross-over episode between its two podcasts, and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this cross-over than with one of our 2021 Annual Meeting and Member Appreciation Day speakers, Cory Muscara. Tune in to hear about the inspiration behind his book, insights on working with discomfort and procrastination, approaching meditation hes...

Presented By: Pamela Moore , MA, LPCC, the Program Director of the State Bar of New Mexico’s Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program (NMJLAP), and a member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Briggs Cheney, Esq., Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A., Co-Chair to the NMJLAP Committee. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Judges...

Presented by: William Slease, Professional Practice Program Director for the State Bar of New Mexico and member of the NM Well-Being Committee ; Sarah Armstrong, Armstrong, Roth, Whitley, Johnstone (ARWJ) Family Law, LLC; Rebecca Kitson, Rebecca Kitson Law, PC . Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Judges and La...

Presented By: Denise Torres , Law Firm of Denise Torres, LLC, chair of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission (JPEC), and a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. Caitlin Dillon, prosecutor in the Special Prosecutions Division for the New Mexico Office of the Attorney General, and member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced b...

Presented By:  Dr. Lee K. Brown, MD, is a tenured Professor of Internal Medicine and holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Pediatrics at the University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Sleep Medicine. His research interests include photo-biological applications to human disease and performance; circadian rhythm disorders;...

Presented by: Annie Swift, second-year law student at the University of New Mexico and the student representative for the New Mexico Well-Being Committee; Dr. Katie Young, PhD, J.D., and professor of sociology at UM Amherst. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program. All editing...

Presented by : Justice Edward L. Chavez, former Justice and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (ret.), and member of the NM Well-Being Judicial Subcommittee; William Slease, Professional Practice Program Director for the State Bar of New Mexico and member of the NM Well-Being Committee. Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico’s Well-Being Commit...