Meet the Attorneys
College: University of Kansas, B.A., with
highest honors, 1971
Member: McKinley County Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1993; Secretary-Treasurer, 1986-1987; Vice-President, 1987-1988; President, 1989-1990; President, 2003-2004 and Member, 1990-2007,President, Board of Directors, Equal Access to Justice; Member, Health Law, Natural Resources and Indian Law Sections); Navajo Nation Bar Association (Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, 1980—); Hopi Tribal Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk, Justices Donnan Stephenson and Mack Easley, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1975-1976.
Born: Hobbs, New Mexico, July 9, 1949
Member: McKinley County Bar Association; State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983-1993; Secretary-Treasurer, 1986-1987; Vice-President, 1987-1988; President, 1989-1990; President, 2003-2004 and Member, 1990-2007,President, Board of Directors, Equal Access to Justice; Member, Health Law, Natural Resources and Indian Law Sections); Navajo Nation Bar Association (Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, 1980—); Hopi Tribal Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk, Justices Donnan Stephenson and Mack Easley, New Mexico Supreme Court, 1975-1976.
Born: Hobbs, New Mexico, July 9, 1949
College: University of New Mexico, B.A.,
magna cum laude, 1978
Member: McKinley County Bar Association (President, 1983-1984); State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1985-1989); Navajo Nation Bar Association; Zuni Tribal Bar Association; Laguna Tribal Bar Association; New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Processing Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "The Use of the Criminal Information after the Return of a Grand Jury No Bill," 10 New Mexico Law Review, 1979-1980.
Born: Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 28, 1956
Member: McKinley County Bar Association (President, 1983-1984); State Bar of New Mexico (Member, Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1985-1989); Navajo Nation Bar Association; Zuni Tribal Bar Association; Laguna Tribal Bar Association; New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute.
Biography: Phi Beta Kappa. Processing Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "The Use of the Criminal Information after the Return of a Grand Jury No Bill," 10 New Mexico Law Review, 1979-1980.
Born: Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 28, 1956
College: Thomas Aquinas College, B.A.,
1987
Member: State Bar of New Mexico; Navajo Nation Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1961
Member: State Bar of New Mexico; Navajo Nation Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1961
Michael A. Venegas
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Indian Law
Admitted: 1995, New Mexico; 1996, Navajo Nation Tribal Court; 1997, Hopi Tribal Court; 2001, Arizona
Law School: George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1994
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Indian Law
Admitted: 1995, New Mexico; 1996, Navajo Nation Tribal Court; 1997, Hopi Tribal Court; 2001, Arizona
Law School: George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1994
James Jay Mason
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Indian Law; Governmental Defense Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Water Rights Law; Real Estate Law
Admitted: 1975, New Mexico; 1977, Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of New Mexico, J.D., 1975
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Indian Law; Governmental Defense Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Water Rights Law; Real Estate Law
Admitted: 1975, New Mexico; 1977, Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of New Mexico, J.D., 1975
Thomas Lynn Isaacson
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Real Estate Law
Admitted: 1981, New Mexico; 1982, Zuni Tribal Court; 1995, Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of New Mexico, J.D., 1981
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Real Estate Law
Admitted: 1981, New Mexico; 1982, Zuni Tribal Court; 1995, Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of New Mexico, J.D., 1981
Luke A. Macik
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Indian Law
Admitted: 1993, New Mexico and Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., 1993
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Indian Law
Admitted: 1993, New Mexico and Navajo Nation Tribal Court
Law School: University of Missouri at Kansas City, J.D., 1993
College: Thomas Aquinas College, B.A.,
1987
Member: McKinley County Bar Association (President, 2001-2002); State Bar of New Mexico; State Bar of Arizona; Navajo Nation Bar Association; Hopi Tribal Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Born: Los Angeles, California, September 18, 1963
Member: McKinley County Bar Association (President, 2001-2002); State Bar of New Mexico; State Bar of Arizona; Navajo Nation Bar Association; Hopi Tribal Bar Association; National Lawyers Association.
Born: Los Angeles, California, September 18, 1963
Patrick T. Mason
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Indian Law
Law School: University of New Mexico, 2007
College: Thomas Aquinas College, B.A., 2003
Member: State Bar of New Mexico
Born: Gallup, New Mexico, September 4, 1980
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Governmental Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Indian Law
Law School: University of New Mexico, 2007
College: Thomas Aquinas College, B.A., 2003
Member: State Bar of New Mexico
Born: Gallup, New Mexico, September 4, 1980