Gregory MacKenzie | Albuquerque Real Estate Lawyer

Greg has been a partner at Hurley Toevs Styles Hamblin & Panter PA since 2008. He was formerly a partner of the trust and estate litigation firm of Popejoy & MacKenzie PC. Greg is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and was admitted to practice before the New Mexico courts in 1993 and has been working as a litigation lawyer since that time. Since 1997, Greg has devoted virtually all of his practice to representing clients in probate, estate and trust litigation. This includes representing clients who are contesting or defending the validity of wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents and those who are involved in litigation over the administration of estates and trusts. His cases frequently involve allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and the construction of controlling instruments such as wills and trusts.

Greg also frequently handles litigation in contested complex guardianships and conservatorships. He has served as guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults involved in those types of proceedings. Greg has received his certificate (2005) from the UNM School of Law mediation course and has served as a mediator in cases involving contested trusts, probates, and difficult guardianships and conservatorships.

Greg is the chair of the Trust and Estate Division of the Real Property and Trust Section of the New Mexico State Bar and the Chair-Elect of that Section for the 2018 year. Greg has been recognized as AV-Rated by Martindale and was elected a fellow to the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel in 2010. He is an active member of the Fiduciary Litigation Committee of that College. Greg has been recognized as Best Lawyer of the Year (2017, 2018, and 2019) by Best Lawyers.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Shareholder & Director	Hurley Toevs Styles Hamblin & Panter PA	Albuquerque, NM	Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Syracuse University College of Law	J.D.	Law School	1993
Syracuse University	Masters		1993
Southern Illinois University	Bachelors		1990

State / Court	Date
New Mexico	1993

• Professional Activities: President, Albuquerque Lawyer’s Club, 2002-2003; Lobbyist, New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2006-2008; Awarded Outstanding Affiliate Member by the National Guardianship
  Association, 2008; Participant: House Joint Memorial 34 Task Force on Guardianship Reform, 2007; House Memorial 6 Task Force on Guardianship Reform (Chairman, Post-Adjudication Committee, 2008);
  Elected President of New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2008, 2009; Planning Co-Chair New Mexico Probate Institute, 2010; Committee Member, International Services Committee, American Red Cross (New Mexico Chapter), 2013-; Vice-Chair, International Human Rights Committee, International Law Section, American Bar Association, 2014.

• Outstanding Affiliate Member | New Mexico Guardianship Association=
  Best Attorneys In New Mexico | Best Lawyers
  AV Preeminent | Martindale-Hubbell
  Platinum Client Champion | Martindale-Hubbell

• Presenter: “Fiduciary Litigation from a Litigator’s Perspective,” Annual Probate Institute, 2001;
  “Top Ten Tips for Probate Litigators,” Annual Probate Institute, 2002;
  “Highlights of Will Contests, Guardianships, and Conservatorships and Fiduciary Responsibility,” New Mexico JAG Conference, 2003;
  “Discharging Trustee Liability,” Annual Probate Institute, 2007;
  “Court Monitoring of Guardianships and Conservatorships,” Senior Citizen’s Law Office Seminar on Medicaid and Other Elder Law Essentials, 2009;
  “Frequently Addressed Issues in Guardianships and Conservatorships,” Albuquerque Bar Association and NMGA Training Seminars, 2009;
  “Addressing Questions of Self-Dealing with Powers of Attorney,” Annual Probate Institute, 2009;
  “Tips on Avoiding Litigation,” Southern New Mexico Estate Planning Institute, 2009;
  “Introduction to Basic Probate,” 2nd Judicial District Court Volunteer Lawyer Training Program, 2009;
  “Guardianship of Adults,” Southwest Conference on Disability, 2009;
  “Will Contests in NM In the Wake of Estate of C De Baca,” Albuquerque Estate Planning Council, 2010;
  “Duties of and Liabilities Associated with Conservators and Guardians,” Albuquerque Guardianship and Conservatorships Group, 2010;
  “Decisional Capacity and Undue Influence,” National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, 2010;
  “Guardianship Webinar [on 2009 Revisions to Uniform Probate Code and Need for Effective Court Monitoring of Guardianships and Conservatorships],”
  Judicial Conference Conducted by Administrative Office of the Courts, 2010;
  “Decisional Capacity and Undue Influence,” American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, June 2010;
  “Current State of the Law Regarding Undue Influence and Practice Pointers,” 2010 Elder Law Institute;
  Presenter and Co-Author, “The Role of the Guardian ad Litem in Guardianships and Conservatorships,” 2010 Probate Institute;
  “The Role of the Guardian ad Litem in Guardianships and Conservatorships,” New Mexico Office of Guardianship, 2011;
  “Influence: Due and Undue,” ALI-ABA Conference on Representing Trust and Estate Beneficiaries and Fiduciaries, 2011;
  “Inside the Mind of an Undue Influence Victim,” 2012 New Mexico Probate Institute;
  “Addressing Elder Exploitation,” New Mexico Guardianship Symposium, 2013;
  “Attorney-Client Privilege Issues in Trust & Estates Litigation,” ACTEC Regional Meeting Fall, 2013;
  New Mexico Probate Institute, 2014, Murphy v. Gorman and the Fiduciary Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege.

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Verified Credentials	Date Verified
(1993) Licensed as Attorney in New Mexico. Verified with State Bar of New Mexico.	August 17, 2020

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