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Governance/Board of Bar Commissioners

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The State Bar is governed by a 23-member Board of Bar Commissioners (BBC). The makeup of the BBC consists of 20 Commissioners elected by the membership representing New Mexico’s judicial districts with one Commissioner elected by and representing out-of-state members; a Senior Lawyers Division Delegate; the Young Lawyers Division Chair; and a non-voting Paralegal Division Liaison. Click the picture to the right to learn more.

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Officers

Erinna M. "Erin" Atkins

President

Aja N. Brooks

President-Elect
 

Allison H. Block-Chavez

Secretary-Treasurer

Benjamin I. Sherman

Immediate Past President

Commissioners

First Judicial District

Olga Serafimova

12/31/2024

 

Elizabeth J. Travis

12/31/2026

 

Andrea Salazar

12/31/2026

Second Judicial District

Allison H. Block-Chavez

12/31/2027

 Secretary-Treasurer

Aja N. Brooks

12/31/2026

President-Elect

Tomas J. Garcia

12/31/2024

 

Steven Scholl

12/31/2025

 

Benjamin I. Sherman

12/31/2024

Immediate Past President

Lucy H. Sinkular

12/31/2025

 

Third and Sixth Judicial Districts

Rosenda Chavez-Lara

12/31/2026

 

Concepcion J. Flores

12/31/2025

 

David P. Lutz

12/31/2025

 

 

Fourth and Eighth Judicial Districts

Brett Phelps

12/31/2024

 

Fifth Judicial District

Parker B. Folse

12/31/2025

 

Seventh and Thirteenth Judicial Districts

Jessica Perez

12/31/2025

 

Simone M. Seiler

12/31/2025

 

Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts

Mitchell Mender

12/31/2026

 

Eleventh Judicial District

Joseph F. Sawyer

12/31/25

 

Twelfth Judicial District

Erinna M. "Erin" Atkins

12/31/2025

President

Out of State Representative

Sean M. FitzPatrick

12/31/2024

 

Meryl Sutton

12/31/2024

Paralegal Division Liaison

 

Daniel J. Behles

12/31/2024

Senior Lawyers Division Delegate

 

Randy Taylor

12/31/2024

Young Lawyers Division Liaison