About Us
New Mexico's First Bar Association
Founded in 1954, the Albuquerque Bar Association is the largest voluntary bar association in the state of New Mexico. Albuquerque Bar Association offers specialized resources and networking opportunities to advance your career, practice and business. Although the Albuquerque Bar Association is New Mexico’s first bar association, our mission is for ABQBA to represent and support the legal community of today with proactive movement toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for all of our colleagues in the legal field.
Our Story
Our Mission Statement:
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Promote and Enhance Professionalism within the Albuquerque Bar;
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Provide a Forum for all Members of the Albuquerque Legal Community;
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Educate Practitioners on Legal Issues that Impact Our City and State;
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Vigorously advocate for justice.
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Our membership benefits and services include:
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Affordable CLEs;
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Virtual and In-Person Events;
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Community Engagement;
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Recognition of Outstanding Legal Professionals Within Our Community
Meet The Board
Meredith Johnstone
2024 President
James Chavez
2024 Treasurer
Christie Geter
2024 Vice President
Ashley Cook
2024 Secretary
Samantha Adams
Immediate Past President (2023)
Board Members
Kylee Berger Roerick
Adams+Crow Law Firm
Patrick Griebel
Marrs Griebel Law Ltd
Kelly Davis
Business Law Southwest LLC
Laura Horton
Leigh & Dougherty PC
Alana De Young
New Mexico Gas Company
Anthony Griego
The Law Office of Anthony Griego, LLC
Noell Huffmyer
Rodey Dickason Sloan Akin & Robb PA
Peter Winograd
UNM Law School
Past Presidents
2023 Sam Adams
2022 Meredith Johnstone
2021 Sam Adams
2020 Ethan Watson
2019 Ethan Watson
2018 Edmund Perea
2017 Steve Scholl
2016 Cristin Heyns-Bousliman
2015 James T. Reist
2014 Christopher Saucedo
2013 Richard Alvidrez
2012 Gretchen Walther
2011 Jan Gilman-Tepper
2010 Jason C. Bousliman
2009 Lisa J. Carrillo
2008 Peter H. Pierotti
2007 William K. Stratvert
2006 Sean Olivas
2005 Kathleen M. Brandt
2004 Ann M. Conway
2003 Gregg G. Velasquez
2002 Ruth M. Schifani
2001 Stan Whitaker
2000 Andrew G. Schultz
1999 Deborah D. Wells
1998 A. Drew Hoffman
1997 Hunter L. Geer
1996 Bradford H. Zeikus
1995 Rondalyn R. O'Brien
1994 Gerald G. Dixon
1993 Charles S. Stuckey
1992 Mary E. Lebeck
1991 Henry F. Narvaez
1990 Kathleen D. Lebeck
1989 John Myers
1988 Robert A. Martin
1987 Catherine T. Goldberg
1986 Thomas S. Watrous
1985 Briggs F. Cheney
1984 Alan C. Torgerson
1983 William W. Deaton, Jr.
1982 Rex D. Throckmorton
1981 Peter H. Johnstone
1980 Roberta C. Ramo
1979 Arthur D. Melendres
1978 Charles I. Wellborn
1977 William H. Carpenter
1976 Paul J. Matteucci
1975 Malcolm G. Colberg
1974 Phillip D. Baiamonte
1973 William E. Snead
1972 Kaiser Michael, Jr.
1971 William J. Sullivan
1970 W.W. Atkinson
1969 Fred M. Calkins, Jr.
1968 David A. Grammer, Jr.
1967 James C. Ritchie
1966 Arturo G. Ortega
1965 Thomas E. Ahern
1964 Willard F. Kitts
1963 Eugene Klecan
1962 Gerald D. Fowlie
1961 George T. Harris, Jr.
1960 Richard G. Cooper
1959 Scott H. Marvy
1958 Albert R. Kool
1957 A.T. Seymour
1956 Quincy D. Adams
1955 Owen B. Marron
1954 Theodore E. Jones
