Sarah M. Singleton

Sarah Michael Singleton is a shareholder in Montgomery & Andrews, P.A. She received her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in 1971 and her J.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington in 1974. During law school, Ms. Singleton served as an editor of the Indiana Law Journal. She graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Order of the Coif. In 1974 Ms. Singleton was admitted to the New Mexico Bar. She is also a member of the Texas Bar. Additionally, Ms. Singleton is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, the Tenth Circuit of Appeals, the United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the American Bar Association. Ms. Singleton's primary areas of practice are natural resources litigation and employment matters.

Ms. Singleton was President of the State Bar of New Mexico (1995-1996) and a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners (1989-1997). Ms. Singleton has been appointed the Co-Chair of the New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice. Ms. Singleton helped form the New Mexico Task Force on Legal Services to the Poor on which she served, and she co-chaired the Task Force on Indigent Defense in 1996. Ms. Singleton served as co-chair of the State Bar's Legal Services and Program Committee, which is the State Bar committee responsible for civil access to justice issues. Ms. Singleton is the State Bar's appointee to the Civil Legal Services Commission, which distributes state funds to organizations serving the legal needs of the people living in poverty. Ms. Singleton has previously served on the ABA Committee on State Justice Initiatives. Ms. Singleton served on the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense. Ms. Singleton has received the State Bar's Distinguished Service Award, in part for her work on access to justice issues. She has also received a Pioneer Award for her initiative in creating the Lawyer's Care Program, the State Bar of New Mexico's pro bono program dedicated to assisting legal services providers.

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