Lawyers
Margaret L. Meister - Shareholder
Ms. Meister's primary practice area is real estate.
I practice in the following areas:
Banking Law, Business, Corporate and Partnerships, Indian Law, Public Finance, Real Estate and Zoning, Renewable Energy
Practice
Ms. Meister, the Chair of the firm's Commercial Department, practices primarily in the areas of real estate, commercial transactions and banking. Her real estate practice includes counseling businesses on siting and re-locating facilities, completing sales and tax free exchanges, representing developers and home owners associations in land use issues, and negotiating and drafting leases.
Related to banking, Meg represents lenders and borrowers in a variety of lending transactions, including asset-based and real property secured transactions. Meg advises companies doing business on Indian lands and negotiates and structures business transactions involving Indian tribes and Indian lands.
Professional Activities
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers, Programs Committee
- New Mexico Real Property Institute (Program Chair, 1998-2000)
- Member, State Bar of New Mexico Real Estate Specialization Sub-committee
- Chair, American Bar Association, Sections of Real Property, Probate and Trust, Business Law, and Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law
- Author: "Tenant Checklist for Commercial Leases ," Lorman Seminars, March, 2007
- "Ethical Considerations in Real Property Transactions," 2001 Real Property Institute
- "Pointers and Pitfalls in Reviewing Commercial Leases," 1999 Real Property Institute
- "Refusing Refuse: the Constitutionality of New Mexico's Regulation of Interstate Transportation of Solid Waste," New Mexico Natural Resources Law Reporter (1993)
- Author: "Help for Women and Minorities, a Guide to Resources and Programs," Business Law Today, November/December 1995.
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
- Named in Chambers USA 2007 Directories of America's Leading Lawyers for Business: Real Estate Law
- Selected as one of "The Top 25 New Mexico Super Lawyers" (2007)
- Selected as a Southwest Super Lawyer®, 2007-2008 (derived from a lawyer survey) in the area of Real Estate Law
- Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America®, 2007, Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
- Who's Who in American Law
- Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society and Mortar Board Honor Society
Education
University of Texas School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1990, cum laude; Trinity University, B.A. English, 1987, cum laude.
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of New Mexico, 1990
- State Bar of Texas, 1991
- Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
