Charles V. García
Partner, Albuquerque
Charles V. García
Mr. García joined the firm in 2010 as a Partner focusing on the areas of corporate and business law, regulatory compliance, public utility, energy, commercial transactions, and public/government entity representation. Mr. García has over 35 years of experience representing and advising corporate and governmental clients in a wide variety of administrative regulatory and judicial proceedings and litigation, including corporate law and commercial transactions involving both private businesses and local governmental bodies; state court litigation and administrative proceedings before federal and state commissions and boards; energy and utility proceedings before federal and state regulatory agencies; civil rights claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; environmental compliance matters before state and federal environmental agencies; as well as employee labor matters before state labor commissions/boards. His experience includes numerous regulatory enforcement proceedings before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission and federal regulatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; defending clients in regulatory compliance and financial audits; representation of clients in commercial contract negotiations and daily business/government operations; as well as representation of small business clients in a variety of corporate and commercial matters.
- University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas
- Juris Doctor – 1988
- University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Bachelor of Business Administration – 1982
- Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Annual Regulatory Studies Program – 1989
- Kansas, 1988
- New Mexico, 1991
- New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association – Member, Past Board of Directors
- Hispanic National Bar Association – Past member and Board of Directors and 2009 Annual Convention Chair
- Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Leadership Albuquerque Program
- Board of the Rio Grande Educational Collaborative to assist in their development and implementation of programs to support at risk junior high and high school students.
- Tri-State Generation & Trans. Assoc. Inc. v. NM Public Regulation Comm’n. and Kit Carson Elec. Coop. Inc., 2015-NMSC-013, 347 P.3d 274 (2015)
- Union Gas Systems, Inc. v. Carnahan, 245 Kan. 80, 774 P.2d 962 (1989)
- Tri-State Generation & Trans. Ass’n. v. NMPRC, 787 F.3d 1068 (10th Cir. 2015)
- In re Kansas Power and Light Co., 127 PUB. U~L. REP. (PUR) 4th 201, 206 (KCC 1991)
Upon graduating from the University of Kansas School of Law, Charles (Chuck) García was presented with the Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award, recognized as the graduating student whose service to fellow students in the university community demonstrated the greatest promise for contribution to the legal profession and to society.
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Trisha Hicks-Sampang
Legal Assistant