Cerianne L. Mullins

Of Counsel

Tel: (505) 247-4800
Fax: (505) 243-6458
cmullins@peiferlaw.com
vCard
Legal Assistant: Martina LaForge Lara
mlaforgelara@peiferlaw.com

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

Education

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

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)