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Samuel Kane attended law school and earned his Juris Doctorate with Honors from University of Miami School of Law. Mr. Kane graduated Magnum Cume Laude with an Order of the Coif distinction. He also was a Justice on the University of Miami Law School’s Supreme Court. In addition, Mr. Kane was a member of one of its Law Review.  After law school, Samuel served as a Federal law clerk, for District Judge Robert C. Brack in Las Cruces New Mexico Federal Court. This experience gave Mr. Kane a different perspective of the practice of law, particularly, from the inside of a Judge’s chambers.  Samuel practices in a broad spectrum of the law with an emphasis on serious catastrophic and personal injury.  Samuel recognizes the hardships and difficulty pressed on individuals struggling to recover from accidents and injuries and will make home visits and is available for clients 24 hours a day.

Kathryn (Katy) Brack Morrow maintains a diverse civil litigation practice, with a particular focus on the defense of healthcare providers in state and federal court, as well as before their licensing boards. Katy also represents clients in complex commercial litigation and environmental/land use litigation involving strict tort liability, toxic tort, breach of contract, fraud, negligence and intentional tort claims, and causes of action.. Katy speaks to industry groups on national and local levels on a variety of matters including healthcare law, toxic tort liability, federal lands issues, wind energy development, and land use/zoning matters. She has briefed and/or argued issues before state and federal district courts, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, the Wyoming Supreme Court, the New Mexico Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.. While in law school, Katy was a member of the Baylor Law Review, and was a legal intern for the Honorable Jeffrey Manske, United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas. During her educational career, she completed internships with the United States Department of State at its embassy in Paris, France, and with Senator Pete V. Domenici in Washington, D.C.

Joshua L. Smith has recently joined the Watson Law Office, LLC.  Mr. Smith received his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 2007.  While at Texas Tech Mr. Smith focused on water law and natural resources as well as civil litigation.. He returned to Las Cruces and began as an associate with the law firm of Hubert & Hernandez, P.A. practicing primarily water law, administrative law, real estate and domestic relations.. Mr. Smith then moved to the law firm of Miller Stratvert P.A. in its Las Cruces office where he continued to practice water law along with medical malpractice defense, civil rights, employment law, commercial litigation and insurance defense.. Mr. Smith has significant experience representing a number of mutual domestic water consumer associations and similar entities throughout southern New Mexico.  He also works with business owners to meet all of their needs from formation to dissolution.. Raised on the Hatchet Ranch in Southwest New Mexico before moving to Deming where he graduated from high school, Mr. Smith has strong ties to southern New Mexico and the agricultural community.  He received his B.S. in Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business from New Mexico State University in 2003.

I started The Lahann Law Firm on January 1, 2007, with a mission of being the best criminal defense attorney in Southern New Mexico. I’ve enjoyed a great deal of success as a criminal defense attorney and nothing thrills me more than winning legal battles on behalf of my clients. I can’t win every case, but I think my clients know that I’ve done everything I can to help them through the most difficult time in their lives.. Most of my clients come to me because they have been referred to me by former clients, or by police officers and prosecutors. I’m proud of my reputation and I work hard to keep it up. I was both humbled and honored recently when I was notified by the Las Cruces Sun-News that I had won their Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Attorney” in Las Cruces for 2012. It is a terrific honor but I don’t see it as “mission-accomplished.” There’s still a lot of work to be done helping good people fight their criminal charges; I think my best days are still ahead of me.

I have been an attorney since 2003.  My practice areas include Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Civil Rights, and a general civil practice.. I am best known for my high profile defense of MMA Fighter Joe Torrez when he was the victim of a violent home invasion on January 1, 2014.  Mr. Torrez came under scrutiny after one of the perpetrators died during the home invasion.  I was successful in preventing the State of New Mexico from charging Mr. Torrez.  This case made international headlines.  I have been involved in many other high profile cases, including the Columbus Gun Smuggling case and the Reese family gun case.. I have been a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel for the United States District Court of New Mexico since 2010 and have handled over 1,200 cases in federal court.  When one considers the hundreds of cases I have defended in New Mexico state courts, it is hard to find an attorney that has as much experience in this state when it comes to criminal defense.. I have tried more than 50 cases at that federal, state and local court level and I win most of my trials or at least obtain a better result than what had been offered by the prosecution before trial.. I represented the Las Cruces Sun News and New Mexico In Depth, two major New Mexico media organizations, to enforce a public records lawsuit involving an audit of New Mexico's mental health care system.. In addition to my criminal defense work, I practice personal injury, representing victims of negligence in car, truck and motorcycle accidents.  I have represented victims of vicious dog bites.  I have represented victims of bad police officers who abused their power and authority.. When you hire me, your problems become my problems.  Prior to becoming an attorney, I served in the United States Marine Corps as an infantryman and I carry the values I learned as a Marine with me today.  That means I do not give up and, most importantly, I do not like to lose.

As an attorney at Poulos & Coates LLP, Andrew J. Cavazos focuses primarily on complex medical malpractice litigation. He is licensed to practice in New Mexico and Texas.. Andrew previously worked at several prominent personal injury firms, where he specialized in wrongful death, catastrophic injury, commercial motor vehicle collision, and workplace accident litigation. He has extensive experience in all facets of the litigation and appeals processes, with over a dozen trials and appeals to his name.. Throughout the years, Andrew has developed a unique litigation style which entails zealous advocacy for his clients, cordiality among his peers, and a strategic application of pressure on the opposing party when it matters most. Through this thoughtful balance of aggressiveness, professionalism, and creativity, Andrew has achieved multiple six and seven-figure verdicts/settlements for his clients.. After becoming a licensed attorney, Andrew quickly garnered respect among his peers as a top civil litigator. He has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers as a “Top 40 under 40” civil plaintiffs attorney for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, and has also been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for the years 2020 and 2021, which is a designation reserved for the top 2.5% of attorneys 40 years old and under. In 2021, the El Paso Young Lawyers Association and El Paso Bar Association further honored Andrew as “The Most Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year”.. In 2018, Andrew was selected by the State Bar of Texas to be a student of the prestigious LeadershipSBOT Academy, which is an honor bestowed upon approximately twenty young lawyers per year, for the purpose of fostering him as a future leader in the legal community. After graduating from LeadershipSBOT in 2019, Andrew was then selected by the State Bar of Texas to serve as a committee member on the committee that crafts the Texas Pattern Jury Charge for Products Liability and Medical Malpractice. He still serves on that committee to this day.. During his career, Andrew has also served his local community in several prominent positions. From 2017 to present, Andrew served the El Paso Young Lawyers Association as a Board Member, a President-Elect, and its President. Andrew has further served as and a Board Member for the El Paso Bar Association (2020), and is an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, and the Texas Young Lawyers Association.. Andrew previously attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied political sciences and business administration. He later attended Texas Tech University School of Law, where he served as President of the Hispanic Law Students Association, Director of Communications for the Board of Barristers, a dean-appointed Student Ambassador, a Student Bar Association officer, the American Bar Association schoolwide representative, and a dean-appointed student representative on the Dean’s Committees for Academic Advancement and Diversity.