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Lawyers
Twila B. Larkin
(505) 883-3383
TBL@sutinfirm.com
Albuquerque Office
Download vCard Print this PageTWILA B. LARKIN practices exclusively in the area of family law, which encompasses divorce, child custody and time sharing, child support, alimony and the valuation and division of complex assets (professional practices, businesses) in the divorce context. Twila has particular expertise in Hague Convention abduction cases, military divorce cases, interstate child custody and child support jurisdiction cases. Twila also represents clients in kinship guardianship and grandparent visitation cases, as well as having litigated several child custody cases. She has been certified by the New Mexico Supreme Court as a family law specialist since 2002, and has been a Fellow with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 2006.
Twila has practiced collaborative divorce law since 2000, is a founding member of the Albuquerque Collaborative Practice Group, and is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Before attending law school Twila worked as a paralegal in Florida, Texas and in New Mexico in several different areas of law.
Professional and Community Involvement
- Former Region V Representative to Council of ABA Family Law Section
- Taxation Committee, ABA Family Law Section, Past Co-Chair
- New Mexico Delegate to 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th and 18th Annual Symposium of Family Law Council of Community Property States
- Former Chair, Family Law Section, State of New Mexico
- Chair, 15th and 19th Annual Family Law Institute
- American Bar Association
- Albuquerque Bar Association
- Rotary Club of Albuquerque
- New Mexico Board of Bar Commissioners, Representative of First District
Recognitions
- Super Lawyers, Family Law
- Best Lawyers in America, Family Law
- Martindale-Hubbell Rating: BV Distinguished
- Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Publications and Speeches
Speaker, Family Law, Today's Law School Program, 1998, 1999, 2001. Author and Speaker: "Client Trust Account Management," 1999; "Use of Paralegals in Domestic Relations Practice," 1999; "What's Yours, What State?" 2000; "Family Law Review Update and Custody Seminar," 2001; "Treatment of Intangible Property in NM," 2001; "Treatment of Premarital Agreements in NM," 2002; "Retirement and Divorce in NM," 2003; Issue Editor of Summer 2004 Family Law Quarterly on Alimony Issues; "Unequal Property Distribution," 2005; "Treatment of Marital Property During Marriage and Divorce and Between Third Parties," 2006; "Why Specialize" Family Advocate, Fall 2006; "A Roadmap Through Divorce Proceedings" 2006; "The Inter-Relationship of Alimony with Community Property Awards," 2007; "New Frontiers in Marital Property," 2007; "The Intersection of Estate Planning and Community Property," 2008.
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Education
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University of New Mexico, J.D. cum laude, 1996 Texas Tech University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1984 |
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Admissions
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New Mexico, 1996 New Mexico Supreme Court, 1996 Federal District Court, District of New Mexico, 1996 |