Mr Briggs F. Cheney Esq. | Attorney

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Mr. Cheney has practiced law since 1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has been associated with the law firm of Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A. in an Of Counsel capacity since October 1994. Mr. Cheney's law practice has focused on the representation of lawyers, and he has been recognized for his work in this area annually by The Best Lawyers in America since 1995 and by Southwest Super Lawyers since 2007. In addition to an active trial practice, since 1993 he has devoted more of his active practice to mediation, and has been recognized for his skills as a mediator in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005. Mr. Cheney has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Mr. Cheney has been very active in local, state and national bar activities. He served on the State Bar of New Mexico's Board of Bar Commissioners for nine years, and is a past-president of the New Mexico Bar Foundation and the Albuquerque Bar Association. He served three terms as New Mexico's delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates, where he also served as a member of the ABA's Nominating Committee, the Executive Committee of State Delegates to the ABA (past co-chair), the Steering Committee to the ABA House, the ABA's Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability, the ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP), and the ABA's Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral. He currently serves as a Commissioner for the State Bar of New Mexico's Client Protection Fund. He also serves as chair of the State Bar's Professional Liability Committee, and as a member of the State Bar's Lawyers Assistance Committee. He has received recognition as Outstanding Lawyer of the Year from the Albuquerque Bar Association, the Distinguished Bar Service Award in 2005, and outstanding achievement awards from the State Bar of New Mexico. In 2005, Mr. Cheney also was recognized by the University of New Mexico Alumni Association with its Zia Award.

Admission

Verified New Mexico

1973

Education

University of New Mexico B.B.A., Bachelor of Business Administration

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