August 19, 2009

Modrall Sperling, the largest law firm in New Mexico, announces that 39 of its 80 attorneys or nearly half of all its lawyers, are included in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers® - the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession - ranking the firm number one for more attorneys listed than any other law firm based in New Mexico.

The firm also announces that five shareholders have been added to the list, four of them in Education Law, increasing its total number of attorneys listed from 34 in 2009 to 39 in 2010.  The five additional shareholders and their respective listed categories are:  Angelo J. Artuso, Immigration Law; Michael L. Carrico, Education Law; Max J. Madrid, Education Law; George R. McFall, Education Law; and Roberta C. Ramo, Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Ranked number one in Best Lawyers® in numerous areas of practice, the firm lists as many as five attorneys in the categories of Natural Resources and Oil & Gas, and four in the categories of Energy, Mining, Real Estate, and now Education Law.

For 27 years, Best Lawyers® has come to be regarded - by both the legal profession and the public - as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the U.S.  The new 2010 Best Lawyers®, the 16th edition, is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.  Because of the rigorous and transparent methodology used by Best Lawyers® and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion is considered an honor.  Best Lawyers® search engine now appears as the exclusive lawyers list on USNews.com, the web site of U.S. News & World Report, which receives several million visitors each month.

Modrall Sperling was founded in 1937.  The firm's attorneys practice in three main departments including Transactions, Litigation, and Natural Resources.  The firm has offices located in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM.  For more information, visit the firm's web site at http://www.modrallsperling.com/.