Admitted: 1988, New Mexico
Law School: Harvard University, J.D.
College: University of New Mexico (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985)
Member: American (Environment, Energy & Resources Section, Editorial Board Member, 2004; Labor and Employment Law Section) and New Mexico Hispanic Bar Associations; State Bar of New Mexico (President, Young Lawyers Division, 1990; Editor in Chief, Young Lawyer's Division Newsletter, 1989); New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (1997-2002; 2006); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; American Inns of Court (Albert Fountain Chapter).
Biography: Recipient: New Mexico Bar Foundation Annual Young Lawyer Award, 1990; Bar of New Mexico Outstanding Contribution Award State, 1990 and 1991. Law Clerk to the Honorable John E. Conway, U.S. District Judge, District of New Mexico, 1988-1990. Assistant Editor, Natural Resources & Environment Journal, ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Volume 19, Number 4, Winter 2005. Member, Harvard Journal on Law & Public Policy, 1987. Member, Harvard Journal on Legislation, 1986. Publications/Presentations: "Renewable Energy Requirements and the Commerce Clause," with Everitt Britt, Natural Resources & Environment Journal, ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, Volume 19, Number 4, Spring 2005; "Detention Centers Under Siege: Current Issues in Jail/Inmate Litigation," New Mexico Association of Counties, October 31, 2000; "Legal Issues Affecting the Workplace," Seminar, Lone Mountain Archeological Services, Inc., March 12, 1999; "EEO Update," with James Hautzinger, 1990 Employment Law Workshop for Managers, November 7, 1991; "Veteran's Reemployment Rights," Presentation with Beth Kiovsky, Employer's Legal Update, May 9, 1991; "Employment Claims Under New Mexico Law," with Robert P. Tinnin and Nicholas J. Noeding, 1990 Employment Law Workshop for Managers, November 7, 1990. Member, Uniform Jury Instructions for Civil Cases Committee. Mock Trial Judge, New Mexico Bar Foundation, 1990-1994, 1997. Director: Albuquerque Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence, 1990-1991; New Mexico Civil Liberties Foundation, 1991. Member: Dona Ana County Bar Association, 1996-2002; Edison Electric Institute of Litigation Review Committee, 2004-2005. Board Member, Associated Electric Companies of Texas, 2003-2005. Grader, New Mexico Board of Examiners, 1991. Board Member, El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Chair of Governance Committee, 2004-2005, and Board Member, Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico. Board Member, New Mexico First, 2003-2005. Troop Committee Chair, Boy Scouts of America, 1997-2002. Partner, Narvaez Law Firm, P.A., Las Cruces, New Mexico, 2005-2007. Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, 2003-2005, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, 2002-2003, Vice President & General Counsel, 2002, El Paso Electric Company, El Paso, Texas. Partner, Sandenaw, Carrillo & Piazza, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1996-2001. Law Office of Raul A. Carrillo, Jr., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1993-1996. Attorney, Browning & Peifer, P.A., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1991-1992.
Languages: Spanish