What reasonable legal liabilities does an employer have due to COVID? • So far, businesses being sued in general allegedly have failed to follow established health and safety protocols. • Remain vigilant in policies and procedures as employees return. Mask mandates,...

Yesenia I. Alvarez, a staff member at Sutin, Thayer & Browne, has been promoted to Paralegal in the firm’s Commercial Group. Her focus is in estate planning and probate work with additional experience in corporate formations. Yesenia has been working with law...

Five lawyers from Sutin, Thayer & Browne have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 Southwest Super Lawyers list, a ranking of outstanding lawyers who have attained high degrees of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5% of nominated lawyers...

Governor Grisham called the New Mexico Legislature into a special session on March 30, 2021 to take up a pair of economic and job creation issues that were left unfinished in the recent 60-day session: legalizing adult-use cannabis and expanding the Local Economic...

Isaac A. Leon has joined Sutin, Thayer & Browne as an Associate Attorney. He practices primarily in the areas of taxation and general business. Isaac received his J.D. from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2019. Prior to joining Sutin, Isaac was a Law...

The Albuquerque High Green Team has taken second place in this year’s Gene Franchini High School Mock Trial competition. Sutin lawyer Robert J. Johnston and his wife, Jazmine Johnston, an attorney at the Atler Law Firm, coach the Green and White Teams for Albuquerque...

The 60-day New Mexico legislative session, which convened January 19, 2021, closed at noon on March 20. Only some of the bills that passed both chambers will be signed by the Governor and be enacted into law. Legislation not acted on by the Governor will be pocket...

Robert J. Johnston, a lawyer with Sutin, Thayer & Browne, and his wife, Jazmine Johnston, a lawyer with the Atler Firm, coached both Albuquerque High School teams to top-eight finishes in this year’s Gene Franchini High School Mock Trial Competition, with the AHS...

The 60-day session began January 19 and will end March 20 at noon. COVID-19 changed many aspects of this session, not the least of which was the governor’s naming pandemic relief as one of her top priorities. Her $7.3 billion budget calls for $475 million in...