Briggs F. Cheney

Education and Honors

• University of New Mexico
  Bachelor of Business
  May 1969
• University of New Mexico School of Law
  Juris Doctor Degree
  December 1972

Legal Experience

• January 2020 to Present | Of Counsel
  Dixon•Scholl•Carrillo•P.A.
  Albuquerque, N.M.
• 1994-2019 | Of Counsel
  Sheehan & Sheehan P.A
  Albuquerque, N.M.
• 1976-1994 | Partner
  Butt Thorton & Baehr, P.C.
  Albuquerque, N.M.
• 1973-1976 | Partner
  Toulouse, Krehbiel & Cheney
  (Previously Toulouse Moore & Walters)
  Albuquerque, N.M.

Professional and Licensing Associations

• State Bar of New Mexico (1973)
• United States District Court for the District of NM (1973)
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Other Professional Experience

• Served as a Private in the United States Army for 6 years

Community Involvement/Honors

• 1995 – 2020 Best Lawyers in America
• Legal Malpractice Defense, Arbitration and Mediation
• July 2006 Albuquerque the Magazine – Albuquerque’s Top Lawyers
• 2007-2019 Southwest Super Lawyers
• AV Rated Lawyer by Martindale- Hubble
• 2005 – Present Best Lawyers – Arbitration and Mediation
• 2013 Best Lawyers’ Albuquerque Mediation “Lawyer of the Year”
• State Bar of New Mexico’s Board of Bar Commissioners 9 years 1984-1993
• 1994 President of the New Mexico Bar Foundation
• 1993 President of the Albuquerque Bar Association
• 1995-2004 New Mexico’s delegate to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association
• American Bar Association’s Nominating Committee to the American Bar Association House
• Past Co-Chair Executive Committee of State Delegates to the American Bar Association
• Steering Committee to the American Bar Association House
• American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyer’s Professional Liability
• American Bar Association Commission of Lawyer’s Assistance Programs (COLAP)
• American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyer Referral
• Appointed three times by New Mexico Supreme Court to serve as Commissioner on the State Bars Client Protection Fund
• 2009-2013 Chair of Commission of the State Bars Client Protection Fund
• Appointed by the New Mexico Supreme Court to serve as a member of the Code of Professional Conduct Committee
• Member of the New Mexico Supreme Court’s Lawyer Succession and Transition Committee and the Proactive Attorney Regulation Committee
• Member and past chair of the New Mexico State Bar’s Professional Liability Committee Member of the bar’s Lawyer’s Assistance Committee
• Currently serves as the Chair to the Bernalillo County Labor Relations Board
• University of New Mexico School of Law Distinguished Achievement Award for 2015
• He has received recognition as Outstanding Lawyer of the Year from the Albuquerque Bar Association
• He has received recognition as Outstanding Lawyer of the Year from the State Bar of New Mexico with the Distinguished Bar Service Award in 2005
• CLE Sandia Award (for A Lifetime of Commitment to CLE) in 2008 and other outstanding achievement awards
• 2005 University of New Mexico Alumni Association with its Zia Award
• In October of 2008, he was honored by the Solo and Small Firm Division of the American Bar Association with its Making a Difference Through Service to the Profession Award.
• 2016 UNM School of Law with its Distinguished Achievement Award
• 2019 State Bar of New Mexico The President’s Award.