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What is Board Certified in Bankruptcy Law & What are the Requirements?

In New Mexico, there are over 90,000 lawyers. Lawyers practice many different types of law. Some lawyers practice all types of law such as personal injury law, immigration law, business law, criminal law, and so on. As with doctors and other types of professionals, lawyers also tend to specialize in a particular practice. Sometimes they choose to do this because they work at a firm that tends to only do a certain type of law or sometimes they make conscious decision to practice a type of law that they like the most or, because of their education, training and/or expertise, they only want to practice one specific area of practice.

Law is very complicated. The more laws that are made make it even more complicated. Bankruptcy is no different. Some states have established Board Certification programs so that lawyers can actually hold themselves out as a Specialist. Most states do not have a specialization or certification program. However, most of the states that do not have their own specialization program recognize that there are national organizations that do offer these certifications. If the organization is nationally recognized usually by the American Bar Association it would qualify in most states.

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In the field of Bankruptcy Law, one such nationally recognized entity is the:

American Board of Certification, 101 Second Street SE, Suite 904, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401, (319) 365-2222. As of September, 2011, in New Mexico there are (a) 18 Consumer Bankruptcy Certified Attorneys; (b) 43 Business Bankruptcy Certified Attorneys and (c) 4 Creditor's rights Certified Attorneys.

Their minimum requirements are:

Applicant has been engaged in the actual practice of law on a full time basis for the last 5 years; Applicant has devoted a minimum of 30% of his/her practice time to bankruptcy-related legal matters during each of the last 3 years; and Applicant has devoted at least 400 hours of his/her practice time to bankruptcy-related legal matters during each of the last 3 years.

The attorneys on this site, if they are Board Certified in a given Specialty, will specifically reflect that certification in their listing. If it is not reflected, then you may presume they are not Board Certified. If you are in need of an attorney in, or around, the Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, area for a bankruptcy legal issue, please feel free to contact any one of the attorneys listed on this site. Each attorney will meet and discuss your legal matter for an initial free consultation.

Serving clients throughout Central New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Belen, Edgewood, Espanola, Gallup, Grants, Laguna, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Los Lunas, Nambe, Rio Rancho , Santa Domingo Pueblo, Santa Fe, Santa Rosa, Socorro, Taos, Truth Or Consequences, Tucumcari, areas in the vicinity of Albuquerque International Sunport, Kirtland Air Force Base, Santa Fe County Municipal Airport, and other communities in Santa Fe County.