Alicia M. LaPado

Alicia M. LaPado is an Albuquerque attorney, Senior Associate, Litigation Department Coordinator at Business Law Southwest LLC, whose practice focuses on business litigation, general civil litigation, and criminal defense law. She handles disputes involving contracts, business relationships, intellectual property ownership, and partnership breakups. Her work includes complex civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts. She prepares cases involving substantial legal research, written advocacy, motion practice, and appellate issues.

Alicia earned her B.A. from the University of New Mexico. She later received her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of New Mexico School of Law. She was elected to the Order of the Coif after graduation and received Clinical Honors for work in the Business and Tax Clinic. She served as a student article editor for the New Mexico Law Review, which published one of her case notes.

Alicia gained early experience as a law clerk supporting complex civil and criminal matters, primarily in federal court. She researched and prepared briefs for state courts, federal courts, and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. She served as a judicial extern to US District Judge James O. Browning. Her externship involved federal civil procedure research, draft opinions, motion hearings, detention hearings, and observation of a homicide trial. She later developed a practice involving business disputes, civil litigation, criminal defense, and related appellate work.

Alicia M. LaPado serves as a Senior Litigation Associate and Litigation Department Coordinator. She co-supervises department operations and provides support to litigation attorneys and paralegals. She is admitted in New Mexico and the US District Court for the District of New Mexico. Her admissions extend to the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Her background combines courtroom litigation, appellate briefing, business disputes, and criminal defense.

Law Office Affiliations

• Senior Associate, Business Law Southwest LLC
• Member, New Mexico State Bar

Licensed State

• New Mexico

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of New Mexico
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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