Overview
Born and raised in Valencia County, New Mexico with long-standing ties to the region, Ricardo S. Gonzales joined the firm as an associate in 2020. Ricardo graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law where he attained admission to the Order of the Coif. During law school, his course of study focused on real property law, water law, and business law. Prior to law school, he obtained his master’s degree in the History of the U.S. West from the University of New Mexico, graduating with distinction and working as an associate editor at the New Mexico Historical Review.
Background
University of New Mexico School of Law
Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, May 2020
Order of the Coif
University of New Mexico: Department of History
Master of Arts, with distinction, May 2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant and Associate Editor at the New Mexico Historical Review
University of New Mexico
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, cum laude, December 2009
Major: Philosophy
Honors
Scholarships:
Judge J.V. Gallegos Memorial Scholarship
Real Property Trust and Estate Section of the State Bar
Awards:
Order of the Coif
Lansing B. Bloom Family Award for Best Master’s Thesis on New Mexico History
Felix Briones Award in Ethical Integrity in Business Law
CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Water Law
Publications:
Ricardo S. Gonzales, “The L. & H. Huning Mercantile Company: A Case Study of Mercantile Conquest in the Rio Abajo Region of New Mexico, 1848-1880” (Apr. 10, 2017) (M.A. thesis, University of New Mexico) (available at https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/164/).
