ROTHSTEIN DONATELLI HUGHES DAHLSTROM SCHOENBURG & BIENVENU LLP

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Sarah E. Bennett Of-Counsel

Sarah Bennett practiced as a partner in the firm from 1981-1992. She left the firm in 1992 to accept an appointment as Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, which she continued until 1994. Ms. Bennett returned to the firm in of-counsel capacity in 1995.

Ms. Bennett received her B.A. in 1971 and her J.D. in 1975 from University of Texas at Austin. She was admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico in 1975 and to the United States Supreme Court in 1979. Since 2003, she has been selected by peers to appear in Best Lawyers in America.

Prior positions include Assistant Public Defender, District of New Mexico, from 1975-1978; Staff Attorney and Special Assistant Attorney General for the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department, from 1978-1981.

Ms. Bennett is trained in collaborative divorce practice, mediation and all aspects of litigation regarding family law matters. She has been a New Mexico Board Certified Family Law Specialist since 2003.

Other professional activities include serving on the Santa Fe Teen Court, as a Trainer and frequent Judge, and as a board member for New Mexico Children First, which provides services for families experiencing separation, divorce, and/or other major family changes.

Current Professional Relationships:

• Rio Grande Collaborative Family Law Group
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
• New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group, Inc.
• Santa Fe Collaborative Practice Group
• New Mexico Supreme Court Domestic Relations Task Force
• New Mexico Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• First Judicial District Bar Association
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
• National Association of Counsel for Children
• Northern New Mexico Women's Bar Association

Practice areas: Domestic Relations, Family Law, Mediation