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R. THOMAS DAWE is of counsel to the Albuquerque, New Mexico, law firm of Gallagher, Casados & Mann, P.C., where his primary areas of practice are commercial litigation, creditors' rights, estate litigation and real estate transactions. He has lectured at seminars involving trial advocacy, commercial litigation, real estate and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Dawe earned his B.A. degree from the University of New Mexico and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation Section), the State Bar of New Mexico and the Albuquerque Bar Association. DON F. HARRIS is the founder of The Law Firm of Don Harris in Albuquerque, New Mexico, practicing in the areas of bankruptcy and family law. Mr. Harris graduated, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut Law School. He clerked for the chief judge of one of the busiest federal bankruptcy courts in the country. Mr. Harris is the past chair and a current member of the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of New Mexico, as well as the Family Law Section. He is a current member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. Mr. Harris founded and was the first president of the States' Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys (SABA), which is a national association of state and local governmental legal professionals who coordinate and cooperate in bankruptcy matters on a national level. Mr. Harris was the lead attorney representing 31 states in the U.S. Supreme Court of Raleigh v. Illinois, in which he prevailed both in getting the Supreme Court to hear the case and ultimately to unanimously rule in favor of the position he was advocating on behalf of the many states. Mr. Harris was invited to testify before Congress in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on March 18, 1999 regarding proposed changes to the bankruptcy code at that time. He was selected to participate in the proceedings before the National Bankruptcy Review Commission that was created by Congress to recommend changes to the bankruptcy code. Mr. Harris has written articles in leading bankruptcy publications and written materials and presented at several bankruptcy seminars for attorneys. He has obtained numerous published court opinions in several different states in the area of bankruptcy law. He has been honored by the State Bar of New Mexico three times with appointments to serve on the Judicial Selection Committee. Mr. Harris has been selected by the New Mexico bankruptcy judges to serve on a local rules committee.
THOMAS M. HNASKO is a partner in the Santa Fe law firm of Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P., where he is a natural resources lawyer with special emphasis on environmental issues, including petroleum product contamination, air quality, and litigation under CERCLA and RCRA. He is recognized by the New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in environmental law. Mr. Hnasko has lectured at hazardous waste seminars before the state bars of New Mexico and Arizona concerning environmental and insurance issues. He has written numerous papers on environmental law, including topics on insurance coverage for environmental response costs and damages, and liability issues under CERCLA. Mr. Hnasko earned his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Dakota. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of New Mexico, the Federal District Courts in Arizona and Nevada, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. ORLANDO LUCERO is vice president/escrow officer at Stewart Title of Albuquerque LLC. He joined Stewart Title in 2004, after 20 years as a real estate lawyer in private practice. A graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School, Mr. Lucero's practice emphasized complex real estate transactions of all types. He now focuses on closing complex commercial transactions. Mr. Lucero is a frequent lecturer and writer on topics related to real estate transactions, title insurance and business entities. He is a contributing author to The Commercial Property Lease, Vols. II and III (American Bar Association 1997 and 2000); co-author of "Tenant Remedies: an Oxymoron" published in Probate and Property (January/February 1998) and The Best of the American Bar Association (Fall 1998); and the author of "The Nuts and Bolts of Commercial Lease Listing Agreements" published in Probate and Property (July/August 2000). Mr. Lucero currently is the chair of the Real Estate Law Section of the State Bar of New Mexico; is a member of the council of the American Bar Association Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Trust Section; and he also chairs the Section's Standing Committee on Diversity.
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