Cerianne L. Mullins

Cerianne L. Mullins

Of Counsel

Cerianne Mullins received her Juris Doctorate from the University of New Mexico School of Law, where she was survey Editor of the New Mexico Law Review.  Cerianne is a Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Smith College.  From 1999-2006, she served on the Local Civil Rules Committee of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.  Cerianne is a director and a past President (2003-2004) of the University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni/ae Board of Directors.  Cerianne has also served as a member of the IOLTA Grant Committee since 2008 by appointment of the Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation

Admitted

  • 1995, New Mexico
  • 1996, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Bar Association Memberships

  • New Mexico State Bar
  • Albuquerque Bar Association
  • New Mexico Women's Bar Association

Biography

  • Survey Editor, New Mexico Law Review, 1994-1995
  • Member, United States District Court for the District of New Mexico Federal Local Civil Rules Committee, 1999-2006
  • Director and Past President (2003-2004), University of New Mexico School of Law Alumni/ae Board of Directors
  • Member, IOLTA Grant Committee, 2008 – present (by Supreme Court Appointment)
  • Past Director, Mid-State Chapter Board of Directors of the New Mexico Women’s Bar Association

Reported Cases

  • Ideal v. Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Co. LP, 2010-NMSC-022, 148 N.M. 228, 233 P.3d 362
  • Armijo v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2007-NMCA-120, 142 N.M. 557, 168 P.3d 129 (N.M. Ct. App. 2007)
  • Galaxy Ventures, LLC v. Rosenblum, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46147 (D.N.M. October 6, 2005)
  • Galaxy Ventures, LLC v. Rosenblum, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 46547 (D.N.N. July 21, 2005)
  • Highland v. Wal-Mart Stores, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 44940 (D.N.M. 2005)
  • Valles v. Silverman, 2004-NMCA-019, 135 N.M. 91, 84 P.3d 1056 (N.M. Ct. App. 2003)
  • Handmaker v. Henney, 1999-NMSC-043, 128 N.M. 328, 992 P.2d 879 (N.M. 1999)

Education

  • J.D. University of New Mexico - 1995 - Graduate School
  • B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa Smith College - 1992 - College