There were 58 active legal licenses in Lea County in December 2022.
Data refers to all lawyers who were actively practicing during this time period.
A lawyer in New Mexico makes an average of $89,424 per year. Santa Fe, Roswell, and Clovis are the three cities where the typical lawyer's pay is higher than the New Mexico average.
There is a severe lawyer shortage in New Mexico. Two counties in New Mexico have no attorneys, while 21 percent of the state's counties have no more than five lawyers.
Not all lawyers with active licenses to practice are represented in the table below.
Lawyers in Lea County with active legal licenses in December 2022
| Lawyer Name | Name of Firm |
|---|---|
| Andrew Lowell Stout | Stout & Stout Lawyers |
| Anthony Spaulding | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Blake J. Dugger | Law Office of Blake J. Dugger, P.C. |
| Brandt G. Graham | Louisiana Energy Services, LLC |
| Chiduziem Chinedu Ezeh | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| Christan Quiroz Valencia | Newell Law Firm |
| Christopher R. Mills | |
| D'Nae L. Robinett | |
| David Elliot Finger | NM Magistrate Courts |
| Dennis Jerome Tchir | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| Dianna Lewis Luce | Fifth Judicial District Attorney |
| Douglas William Vitt | DWm Vitt Family Law Firm |
| Eduardo Ramirez | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Efren Andres Cortez | City of Hobbs |
| Erik Ryne Hutcheson | Davis W. Smith, P.C. |
| Freeman C. Faust | The Faust Law Firm |
| Gary L. Clingman | |
| Gene C. Samberson | Heidel Samberson Cox & McMahon, LLC |
| Glen L. Houston | G. Houston & Associates, Ltd. |
| Jacob Jones | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Jared Kirk Williams | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| John W. Caldwell Jr. | |
| Joseph Mio Zebas | Zebas Law Firm, PLLC |
| Joy Akayla Key-shawna Applewhite | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Juan Venancio Silva | Silva Law Firm |
| Karen McReynolds | McReynolds Law Firm |
| Karli Sue McMurray | One Love Worldwide |
| Kathleen A. Moran | Crenshaw Dupree & Milam, LLP |
| Kirk C. Chavez | NM Human Services Department Child Support Enforcement Division |
| Kristen Rae Dickey | NM Children Youth and Families Department |
| Larry K. Bishop | |
| Laura K. Castillo | Laura K. Castillo Attorney at Law |
| Lee A. Kirksey | Fifth Judicial District Court |
| Lee Green | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| Levi Michael Chavez II | Law Office of Blake Dugger, P.C. |
| Lewis C. Cox III | Heidel Samberson Cox & McMahon, LLC |
| Lisa Kuykendall | New Mexico Legal Aid |
| Marcos Baraibar | Silva Law Group, PLLC |
| Mark L. Stout | Stout & Stout Lawyers |
| Mark Terrence Sanchez | Fifth Judicial District Court |
| Medjine Desrosiers-Douyon | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| Megan A. Kirtley | Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office |
| Melissa A. Sawyers | The Sawyers Law Group |
| Michael H. Stone | Fifth Judicial District Court |
| Michael T. Newell | Newell Law Firm |
| Mirna Raquel Torres | |
| Nechama D. Minkowicz | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Patrick B. McMahon | Heidel Samberson Cox & McMahon, LLC |
| Quincy Hope Ferrill | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Ricardo Jasso | Jasso & Jasso Law Firm, LLC |
| Rocio A. Ocano | City of Hobbs |
| Ronald R. Walker | |
| Ross R. Bettis | Law Offices of Ross Bettis |
| Scotty A. Holloman | Holloman Law, LLC |
| Tashika A. Curlee | Law Offices of the Public Defender |
| Tommy D. Parker | Tommy D. Parker, P.C. |
| Valerie S. Chacon | City of Hobbs |
| William G. Shoobridge | Fifth Judicial District Court |
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