Lucy H. Sinkular

Partner
Location:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Phone:
505-883-3070
Fax:
505-889-3111
Email:

Lucy was admitted to the practice of law in New Mexico in 1994.  She has extensive experience in family law, including divorce and custody issues arising from military benefits, pensions and relocations. She is the firm’s point person for adoptions, both step-parent and third party. Lucy is trained in Collaborative Law and also works as a settlement facilitator. She is also a frequent volunteer at pro bono law clinics and Law-La-Palooza. Lucy’s passions outside the office include genetic genealogy, hiking, running and cycling. Lucy and her husband Scott are the parents of two, a daughter who graduated from Colorado State University and a son who studies at New Mexico State University. They also have two dogs and a cat rounding out their household.

BAR ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

  • NM State Bar, Board of Bar Commissioners, Commissioner for the First Bar District
  • Family Law Section of the New Mexico Bar Association, Member Board of Directors
  • NM Women’s Bar Association, President-elect of the Board of Directors, past-Compliance Officer
  • American Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
  • American Bar Association, Family Law Section member
  • Albuquerque Lawyers Club, Member
  • Kirtland Air Force Base Spouses Club, Member
  • Military Spouses J.D. Network, New Mexico Committee member

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Financial Aspects of Divorce, 2019 Family Law Institute
  • Discovery, Evidence and Experts: Finding Hidden Assets and More, 2019 NBI “Divorce from Start to Finish”
  • Divorce Options Workshop, education about Family Law for community  members contemplating legal action, sponsored by the NM Bar Foundation

EDUCATION

  • University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, Juris Doctor, 1994
  • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, Bachelor of Arts, 1991, Major in English; Minor in Political Science