Kenneth Bateman, Retired

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Practice Areas

• Estate Planning
• Probate and Trust Administration
• Special Needs Trusts
• Formation and Administration of Private Foundations

With Sommer Udall Law Firm Since

• 2016

Experience

• Kenneth concentrates his practice in Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Administration, and Special Needs Trusts. In addition, advises clients in the formation and administration of Private Foundations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trusts and Estates Lawyers (ACTEC) and a member of the Santa Fe Estate Planning Counsel He has been active in the Real Estate and Probate Division and the Taxation Division of the New Mexico State Bar Association.
• Mr. Bateman has lectured on issues relating to estate planning to professional and lay audiences.

Education

• B.S., Oklahoma State University, 1961
• Prior to graduating from Southern Methodist University, attended the University of Auckland School of Law in Auckland, New Zealand
• J.D., Southern Methodist University, 1965

Bar Admissions

• Admitted in 1966, New Mexico, Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Civic Activities

• Served on the Boards of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the McCune Foundation and the Historic Santa Fe Foundation
• Current Board Member of the Melville Hankins Family Foundation, the Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, and the Patricia Arcott LaFarge Folk Art Foundation
• Nationally, served two six year terms on the Board of the Presbyterian Church USA Foundation and eleven years as Chair of the Board of the New Covenant Funds, a family of mutual funds

Outside Interests

• Amateur Radio (KF5QGD)
• Fly fishing
• Reading
• Sailing
• Grandkids