Popejoy & MacKenzie offices.

Welcome to Popejoy & MacKenzie

The litigation attorneys at Popejoy & MacKenzie practice in the areas of complex contested wills, trusts, estates, probates, guardianships and conservatorships. The firm represents national and local clients in all state and federal courts in New Mexico, including those located in Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Farmington, Grants, Gallup, Los Alamos, Las Cruces, Raton, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe, Silver City, Taos and Tucumcari. Popejoy & MacKenzie is rated "A-V" by Martindale Hubbell.

Retired district court judge Robert L. Thompson is of counsel to the firm providing services to litigants as a mediator, arbitrator, special master and private judge in all areas of civil litigation. With over twenty years of judicial experience, he offers invaluable insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the cases he deals with, empowering the parties to make prudent settlement decisions. As a mediator, Robert Thompson serves litigants with the same impartiality and fairness for which he became so well-known as a district court judge.

Popejoy & MacKenzie represents clients in lawsuits governed by the New Mexico Uniform Probate Code and Uniform Trust Code and specifically in the following types of cases:

  • Fiduciary Litigation
    • Trustee, Personal Representative and Other Removal Proceedings
    • Surcharge Proceedings Arising out of Trustee Negligence, Self-Dealing and Other Breaches of Duty
    • Accounting Proceedings
    • Suits Over the Propriety of Actions under Powers of Attorney
    • Proceedings for Relief Arising out of Abuse of Confidential Relationships
  • Contests of Wills, Trusts, Deeds, Joint Tenancy Designations and Payable-on-Death (POD) Designations as a Result of Undue Influence, Lack of Mental Capacity or Other Actions
  • Interpretation and Construction of Wills, Trusts and Other Governing Instruments and Documents
  • Contested Guardianships and Conservatorships

We also offer mediation and settlement facilitation in the above areas.