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Staff Biographies

Michelle Haubert, Supervising Appellate Attorney

Michelle is originally from Oklahoma, but moved to New Mexico at a young age. She attended the University of New Mexico and received an undergraduate degree in Political Science, graduating summa cum laude. Michelle then went on to the University of New Mexico School...

Cyndi Madrid, Supervising Appellate Attorney

Cyndi was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Texas State University and her Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. She graduated from the...

Lucy A. Curry, Senior Staff Attorney

Lucy was raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and graduated summa cum laude from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. Inspired by her public service work for a nonprofit law...

Jennifer Byrns, Senior Staff Attorney

Jenny grew up in Colorado and received her undergraduate degree in Anthropolgy from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1996. She received her law degree, magna cum laude, from Notre Dame Law School in 2002, where she served on the Notre Dame Law Review and...

Eric Shimamoto, Senior Staff Attorney

Eric received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 2003 and 2006. Following graduation, Eric clerked for the Honorable Ronald R. Holliger at the Missouri Court of Appeals. After his clerkship, he maintained a commercial...

James Mahlum, Associate Staff Attorney

Jim was born and raised in Minnesota. He graduated in English and environmental studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then worked as an intern for Senator William Proxmire in Washington, D.C. before heading to Alaska. In May 1990, Jim graduated from the...

Ellen Venegas, Associate Staff Attorney

Ellen received an undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University of Minnesota. In 2013, she graduated from Mitchell Hamline School of Law (formerly William Mitchell College of Law), summa cum laude. Following graduation, Ellen practiced Indian law and tribal...

Amanda Miera, Associate Staff Attorney

Amanda was born and raised in New Mexico and obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of New Mexico in 2014. She received her law degree, summa cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2018. After graduation, Amanda clerked for the...

Lindsey Teel, Associate Staff Attorney

Lindsey was born and raised in New Mexico. She received her undergraduate degree in European Studies in 2010 and her master's degree in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies in 2014, both from the University of New Mexico. After a short hiatus, Lindsey went to...