Lawyer Profile

Walter E. Stern III

Modrall Sperling

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500 Fourth Street, NW, Suite 1000
P.O. Box 2168
Albuquerque, NM 87103-2168
Phone: 505-848-1800
Firm Website: http://www.modrall.com

Listed in Best Lawyers since 1995.

Practice Areas

  • Energy Law (Energy Companies, Litigation, Native American Lands, Oil & Gas, Project Development, Water)
  • Mining Law (Administrative, Coal, Hard Minerals, Native American Lands, Regulatory)
  • Native American Law
  • Natural Resources Law (Energy, Litigation, Mining, Native American Affairs, Real Estate)
  • Oil & Gas Law (Litigation, Minerals)

Client Comments

  • Walter Stern is a rock star, with an impressive breadth and depth of Indian Law and minerals expertise. If you're working in Indian energy in the West, Walter is the man you want working your case.

    Jennifer H. Weddle

    Greenburg Traurig

  • Walter Stern has a combination of character, ability, dedication, and knowledge that exemplifies the best in the legal profession. Specifically, his knowledge of natural resource, federal Indian law, and business law has been invaluable. I am glad that our company found Walter and his colleagues at the Modrall law firm and that we have had the opportunity to work with him over the past decade. We have, with Walter's assistance, solved a myriad of complex problems in a manner that was not only successful, but professional and in keeping with the highest standard of the legal profession. I look forward to working with Walter in the future.

    Charles Roybal
    Senior Counsel
    BHPBilliton

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley (BS) (1978)
  • Boston College Law School (J.D.) (1982)

Organizations & Affiliations

  • Albuquerque Academy — Chair, Board of Trustees (2009-__)
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation — Past President; Member, Board of Directors (2010-12)