Posted by Donna M. Connolly | Oct 19, 2020 |
Partner Mark Donatelli spoke with KSFR about conditions in jails and prisons state-wide and nation-wide, including the conditions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in custody.
To listen to this interview, click here.
Posted by Unknown | Oct 14, 2020 |
This ruling allows survivors to challenge the legality of the sequestering of assets from the estate of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Archdiocese incorporated parishes and created trusts in order to protect assets from claims made by the survivors of sexual abuse. Now the survivors have the ab...
Posted by Donna M. Connolly | Oct 08, 2020 |
Partner April Olson will present at an upcoming Webinar and CLE titled “ICWA in Action: Protecting Children and Families” on October 21, 2021. Ms. Olson will discuss procedural rules adopted by many states that govern admission of attorneys to practice pro hac vice in state courts in cases where...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | Sep 30, 2020 |
On September 29, 2020, the Pueblos of Santa Ana, Jemez, and Zia secured a major victory from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Abousleman, No. 18-2164, which overturned the District Court's ruling that the Pueblos' aboriginal water rights in the Jemez River Basin had been com...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | Sep 28, 2020 |
On September 25, 2020, the D.C. Circuit delivered a major victory to the Indian tribe plaintiffs in the case of Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation v. Mnuchin (Case No. 20-4205). (Rothstein Donatelli represents the Pueblo of Picuris and is co-counsel with the Navajo Nation Department ...
Posted by Alicia C. Lopez | Aug 31, 2020 |
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court of New Mexico and ruled that the Estate of Ricardo J. Ortiz successfully stated a claim against both Santa Fe County and a corrections officer employed by the Santa Fe County Jail (ADF) who ignored ...
Posted by Unknown | Aug 27, 2020 |
Rothstein Donatelli has a rich decades-long tradition of amplifying the voices of marginalized people and communities. We are proud to carry on this history today. This suit represents one man's demand for recognition of his dignity and the dignity of his community and we are proud to fight with ...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | Aug 13, 2020 |
The Navajo Nation has sent a clemency petition to President Trump that once again reaffirms the Navajo Nation's opposition to the death penalty for Lezmond Mitchell and requests that Mitchell's sentence be commuted to life imprisonment.
The petition from Navajo President Jonathan Nez and Vice Pr...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | Aug 10, 2020 |
The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has scheduled the execution of Lezmond Mitchell—a Navajo man who is the sole Native American on federal death row—for August 26, 2020.
Over the past two decades, the DOJ has zealously pursued the execution of Mitchell despite the objections of th...
Posted by Unknown | Aug 10, 2020 |
Rothstein Donatelli stands with survivors of priest sexual abuse in their fight to clean up the Catholic Church and to hold the institutions responsible for sheltering pedophiles and providing them access to the children of New Mexico accountable to the fullest extent. After decades of suffering ...
Posted by Carolyn "Cammie" M. Nichols | Jul 28, 2020 |
Investigative journalist Jeff Proctor reached out to Cammie Nichols to discuss the use of force by security guards to gain an understanding of whether they have any of the same privileges as law enforcement. The answer is in the following article:
Investigators from two different law enforc...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | Jul 15, 2020 |
On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major victory for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma, No. 18-9526. The Court ruled that the Creek Nation's reservation was not diminished by Congress, and so the state of Oklahoma lacked criminal jurisdiction over crim...
Posted by Unknown | Jul 13, 2020 |
Open government is a foundational pillar of democracy which is reflected in New Mexico's public records laws. The courts have made clear that governmental entities may not escape their duties to the public to provide access to public records by simply contracting their public roles and responsibi...
Posted by Mark H. Donatelli | Jul 13, 2020 |
Rothstein Donatelli attorneys have always been involved in institutional reform efforts, whether through class action litigation or legislative activities. For over twenty years, Mark Donatelli has been chosen for the New Mexico Sentencing Commission through appointment by the Speaker of the NM H...
Posted by Unknown | Jul 08, 2020 |
Although everyone knows the Catholic Church became a refuge for child molesters at times, unfortunately, institutional protection of child molesters extends far beyond just the Catholic Church to other local, national and global religious organizations and other institutions parents entrusted wit...
Posted by Unknown | Jul 02, 2020 |
The most crucial moments in defending any criminal case often occur in the initial days of proceedings. The choices made and actions taken by the defense in those times can shape the trajectory of the entire case and often represent the difference between a favorable outcome and one that negative...
Posted by Unknown | Jun 23, 2020 |
Rothstein Donatelli continues to be at the forefront of every survivors' fight to hold Church leaders accountable for unleashing vast numbers of pedophile priests into the communities of New Mexico.
In this case, our survivors' rights team is prosecuting claims involving one of the most notoriou...
Posted by Donna M. Connolly | Jun 03, 2020 |
Rothstein Donatelli is proud to announce that partner Marc M. Lowry has been selected by the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association as the 2020 recipient of the Charles Driscoll Award. The Charles Driscoll Award is presented each year to a criminal defense attorney who has "fought dilige...
Posted by Donna M. Connolly | May 28, 2020 |
Child molesting teacher sued by 10th accuser
Despite obstacles to coming forward, another survivor of sexual abuse seeks justice against Gary Gregor, the former teacher who assaulted her when she was in the fourth grade. The lawsuit, filed in April, 2020, also includes claims against Ruby Montoy...
Posted by Reed C. Bienvenu | May 14, 2020 |
Tribes Win Preliminary Injunction Preventing COVID-19 Funding From Being Diverted to Corporations
On April 27, 2020, a group of Indian tribes that includes Picuris Pueblo and the Navajo Nation (Rothstein Donatelli represents Picuris Pueblo and is co-counsel with the Navajo Nation Department of...
Posted by Mark H. Donatelli | May 05, 2020 |
Lawyers for prisoners facing high ...
Posted by Mark H. Donatelli | Apr 29, 2020 |
On April 10, 2020, attorneys representing the plaintiff class members in the Duran case filed an emergency motion to enforce the good time award provisions in the settlement agreement that was approved by the Court on February 14, 2020.
The settlement agreement requires the New Mexico Correcti...
Posted by Mark H. Donatelli | Apr 29, 2020 |
On February 14, 2020, United States Magistrate Judge Kirtan Khalsa granted final approval of a new settlement agreement in the long-running Duran case.
The settlement agreement seeks to reduce overcrowding in New Mexico prisons by:
Providing 50 square feet of living and sleeping space to al...
Posted by Carolyn "Cammie" M. Nichols | Apr 28, 2020 |
Another survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of Gary Gregor steps forward to reclaim her power after years of silent suffering. The student was assaulted during Gregor's last year as a “teacher” at Espanola, long after the adults knew what he was doing and shamefully failed to protect her and ot...
Posted by April Olson | Apr 27, 2020 |
The law firm of Rothstein Donatelli and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) have joined forces in a lawsuit to enforce the rights of Native American high school students to wear traditional and religious regalia at their high school graduation ceremonies.
Last year, Larissa Waln (Sisseton Wa...