Michael L. Carrico

Tim Fields is an experienced practitioner in litigation and insurance defense. For more than thirty years, Tim has represented clients in their civil litigation matters including personal injury defense, railroad, transportation/trucking, insurance coverage/bad faith, medical malpractice, construction defects, products liability, toxic exposure and environmental, and FELA. His practice also includes nursing home/hospital/healthcare litigation defense, complex multi-party litigation, commercia...

Carey Bhalla is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Civil Rights Law and Criminal Defense: General Practice. Carey practices law in Albuquerque, New Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Carey Bhalla since 2026. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Carey Bhalla is held by other lawyers.

Tina Muscarella Gooch is a shareholder at Sutin, Thayer & Browne APC and serves as one of the firm’s office group leaders in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has more than a decade of experience representing clients throughout New Mexico in a wide range of civil and commercial litigation matters. Her practice includes Cannabis Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Employment Law – Management, and Litigation – Construction. Ms. Gooch regularly represents businesses, i...

Lisa K. Curtis is the founding partner of Curtis & Co. Law Firm, a social benefit corporation dedicated to exceptional advocacy and community service. During her more than 30-year legal career, Lisa has represented hundreds of New Mexico families in complex, high-stakes litigation and has earned numerous honors for her work, including induction into the New Mexico State Bar Hall of Fame in 2021. A lifelong New Mexican, Lisa grew up in Albuquerque, graduated from the University of New Mexi...

Vickie is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and earned her Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation from New York University. Vickie grew up in Deming, New Mexico, and has been a trust and estate planning attorney in Albuquerque for almost thirty years. She is an ACTEC (American College of Trust and Estate Counsel) Fellow and is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She was honored in the past to have been appointed by the Supreme Court of New Mexico to serve on the ...

Sonya Burke is a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation group, where she practices primarily in insurance coverage defense. She represents insurance companies and their insureds in a variety of contexts. Sonya represents professionals in professional liability matters, and has represented realtors, attorneys, and contractors. She also assists with construction and design cases, employment matters including EEOC investigations, and breach of contract litigation. Sonya has been recognized a...

Cliff Atkinson has practiced for more than 44 years in the areas of complex commercial and tort litigation in a broad spectrum of difficult cases. He, with his good friend and now retired colleague John Thal, founded the Firm in 1992 on the principle that a small, directed, hard hitting litigation firm can deliver the highest quality of personalized services to its clients. In his many years of practice, Cliff has litigated and tried cases to verdict, judgment, or other successful resolution ...

Carolyn M. Cammie Nichols is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Civil Rights Law and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Carolyn M. Cammie practices law in Albuquerque, New Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Carolyn M. Cammie Nichols since 2021. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Carolyn M. Cammie Nichols is held ...

Meg Meister has served clients for over twenty-five years in the areas of real estate, business, commercial transactions and lending. She guides businesses through siting and re-locating facilities, completes sales and tax free exchanges, represents buyers and sellers in stock and asset transactions, assists with liquor license transfers, and negotiates and drafts leases and other real estate and business documents. Meg advises companies doing business on Indian lands and negotiates and struc...

Lucy Sinkular is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Collaborative Law: Family Law and Family Law. Lucy practices law in Albuquerque, New Mexico Best Lawyers has recognized Lucy Sinkular since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Lucy Sinkular is held by other lawyers.