What happens next.
Family, criminal, and estate matters across New Mexico. Les Romaine spent years prosecuting cases in Bernalillo County before he started defending them.
Practice areas
Find where you are.
Most people arrive here in the middle of something they did not choose. These are grouped by what is actually happening, not by how a law firm files them.
When family is at stake
Three areasFamily Law
Divorce, custody, support, and the orders that come after them.
Juvenile Law
When a child is charged with an offense, or the state becomes involved with your family.
Guardianship & Kinship
Legal authority for a child already living in your care, so schools and doctors can talk to you.
When you have been accused
One areaCriminal Defense
State and federal charges, from misdemeanors through serious felonies, at every stage from arraignment forward.
When you are planning ahead
Three areasEstate Planning
Deciding now what happens to what you own, so nobody has to guess later.
Trusts & Wills
The documents that carry those decisions out, drafted to hold up when they are needed.
Real Estate
Purchases, sales, transfers between family, and problems with title.
The attorney
Les Romaine, Esq.
Les Romaine is from Albuquerque and has practiced here his whole career. He earned a B.A. in Criminology from the University of New Mexico and his law degree from the UNM School of Law in 2011.
He began at the Second Judicial District Attorney's Office, starting in Metropolitan Court with misdemeanor matters and moving to a serious violent felony division. That means he has stood on both sides of a New Mexico courtroom, and he knows how the other side builds a case before it is ever filed.
He takes on work involving children and families because somebody has to, and he represents people accused of crimes because the accusation is not the verdict.
What to expect
A defined process, from first contact to resolution.
Initial contact
Call the office or submit the form below. Share as much detail as you are comfortable providing at this stage.
Consultation
A review of your situation and whether this firm is positioned to represent you. If it is not, you will be told directly.
Engagement terms
Scope of representation, fees, and next steps are set out in writing before any work begins.
Representation begins
You are kept informed of developments in your matter as they occur.
Contact
Talk to someone.
- Office
- 120 Granite Ave NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Call or Text
- (505) 218-7073
- Hours
- Monday to Thursday, 9:30am to 3pm
Friday, 9:30am to 1pm