Associate Profiles
Adela M. Duran
Santa Fe native Adela M. Duran handles the majority of the firm's government relations work. Ms. Duran has been lobbying in New Mexico for over 18 years, and her efforts are currently focused on the uranium mining industry. She has also lobbied in the past on behalf of alcohol, tobacco, health, racing, funeral, and telecommunications industries, as well as Native American and non-profit entities. In addition to lobbying, Ms. Duran has practiced in the areas of mining, personal injury, estate planning, and divorce law. She has also represented clients in landlord/tenant and immigration issues.
While in law school, Ms. Duran interned in the New Mexico Attorney General's Office. She participated in the UNM School of Law NAFTA exchange program in Guanajuato, Mexico and was a member of the Mexican American Law Student Association (MALSA). Ms. Duran received a Dean's Award and Clinical Honors.
Education:
- J.D., University of New Mexico
- B.A., with honors, College of Santa Fe
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Professional Associations/Memberships:
- State Bar of New Mexico
- New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Chamber of the Americas (Board Member)
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Of-Counsel
Marshall G. Martin
Marshall Martin serves as Of Counsel with the firm, focusing on banking law, financial services law, lender liability, "work out" services, fraud prevention and discovery, corporate governance, mediation and general business matters.
From 2003 until 2011, Mr. Martin served as General Corporate Counsel for a New Mexico bank and its publicly traded bank holding company. In that role he participated in securities law issues, acquisitions, loan procedures and documentation and regulatory issues. Prior to that, he was engaged in complex commercial litigation, including securities law, mining law, antitrust, lender liability and construction disputes. During that time he also counseled clients on banking and business matters, acquisitions, corporate governance and sophisticated financial transactions.
Mr. Martin has been rated AV by Martindale Hubbell for over 25 years and was named in Best Lawyers in America for complex litigation for 17 years before he assumed the role of bank general counsel. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and served on the New Mexico Supreme Court Board of Bar Examiners for many years.
Education:
- J.D., with honors, Southern Methodist University 1963
- B.A., Southern Methodist University 1960
Admissions:
- New Mexico State Courts
- U.S. District Courts, New Mexico
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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