B. Cullen Hallmark, Partner

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Practice Areas

• Probate and Trust Administration
• General Civil Trial Practice
• Land Title Litigation
• Real Estate and Commercial Transactions
• Estate Planning
• Construction Law

With Sommer Sutin Law Firm Since

• 2015

Education

• St. John’s College (Santa Fe, NM), B.A., 1980
• University of Texas at El Paso (non-degree studies in math and physics 1981)
• University of Texas at Austin (J.D. 1984)
• Articles Editor, The Review of Litigation (1983-84)

Bar Admissions

• State Bar of NM – 1984 to present
• State Bar of Texas – 1985 (currently inactive)
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico – 1985 to present
• Fifth and Tenth United States Court of Appeals

Practicing Law Since

• 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

• First Judicial District Bar Association (President -1998)
• Martindale Hubbell – AV rated

Instructor for Continuing Legal Education

• New Mexico Probate and Trust Administration, National Business Institute (2022)
• Probate from Start to Finish, National Business Institute (2021)
• Estate Administration, from A to Z, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2019)
• Estate Administration from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Santa Fe (2018)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2018)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Santa Fe (2017)
• The Ultimate Guide to Probate, National Business Institute, Santa Fe (2016)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2015)
• Asset-Based Guide to Probate,  National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2015)
• Estate Administration Procedures: Why Each Step Is Important National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2015)
• Probate Boot Camp, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2014)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2013)
• Trusts 101, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2012)
• Estate Administration from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2012)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque, Farmington (2012)
• Oddities and Challenges in Probate Law, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2010)
• The Probate Law and the Probate Process in New Mexico, Center for Legal Education, New Mexico State Bar Foundation, Albuquerque and Las Cruces (2010)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish in New Mexico, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2010)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2009)
• Fundamental Probate Procedures and Practice, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2009)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2008)
• 4th Annual Probate Process from Start to Finish in New Mexico,National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2006)
• The Probate Process from Start to Finish in New Mexico, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2005)
• Fundamental Probate Procedures and Practice in New Mexico, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2005)
• Estate Planning and Probate for the Paralegal/Legal Assistant in New Mexico, Institute of Paralegal Education, Albuquerque (2004)
• The Probate Process for New Mexico Paralegals: From Start to Finish, Institute of Paralegal Education, Albuquerque (2004)
• A Practical Guide to Estate Administration in New Mexico, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2003)
• A Practical Guide to Estate Administration in New Mexico, National Business Institute, Albuquerque (2001)
• Advanced Issues in Probate for the Paralegal in New Mexico, Institute of Paralegal Education, Albuquerque (2000)
• Basic Estate Administration for the New Mexico Paralegal, Institute of Paralegal Education, Albuquerque (1999)

Community Involvement

• New Mexico Land Conservancy, Board of Directors (2012 to 2021)
• New Mexico Judicial Nominating Committee (2014 to 2020)
• National Park Service Volunteer in Park (Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera National Preserve)
• Quivira Coalition, Co-manager of Red Canyon Reserve, Socorro County, New Mexico (2002 to present)
• Lawyer Referral for the Elderly Program, State Bar of New Mexico, referral attorney
• New Mexico Medical Review Commission, panelist (1985 to present)
• New Mexico Fee Arbitration Committee, arbitrator
• Santa Fe Master Gardener Association. Board of Directors (2014 to present)
• New Mexico Advisory Opinions Committee, (past member)
• St John’s College Search and Rescue Team (past member)
• WAFA Certification (NOLS) (NOLS 2020, WMA 2022)

Interests and Hobbies

• River running, cross country skiing, cycling, outdoors