General Information
Year founded:
1959
This is the year the firm (or its earliest predecessor entity) was founded.
Overview
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The law firm of Butt Thornton & Baehr PC has served the legal needs of New Mexico's citizens, businesses and government since 1959. Like the state's motto "crescit eundo" (it grows as it goes), the firm continues to expand and has played a vital role in the growth of Albuquerque as the dynamic center of the southwest region of the United States.
Only an hour by air from Phoenix, Denver and El Paso, we are centrally located and uniquely positioned by diverse legal experience and personal perspectives, language skills and state-of-the-art technical support to meet your civil litigation and commercial legal requirements.
Our practice is concentrated in defending claims in the areas of personal injury, aviation, products liability, insurance, workers' compensation, transportation, professional malpractice, construction and civil rights. In addition, our commercial section can meet your legal needs in the areas of banking, bonds, corporations, partnerships, mortgage financing, real estate, bankruptcy, wills, estate planning and related litigation.
For more than fifty years, Butt Thornton & Baehr PC has been known as a law firm of quality and integrity. We are proud of the position of trust and respect the firm has earned in New Mexico's business, legal and governmental communities. Our commitment is to continue to meet the high standards that have earned us that reputation into the twenty-first century.
Only an hour by air from Phoenix, Denver and El Paso, we are centrally located and uniquely positioned by diverse legal experience and personal perspectives, language skills and state-of-the-art technical support to meet your civil litigation and commercial legal requirements.
Our practice is concentrated in defending claims in the areas of personal injury, aviation, products liability, insurance, workers' compensation, transportation, professional malpractice, construction and civil rights. In addition, our commercial section can meet your legal needs in the areas of banking, bonds, corporations, partnerships, mortgage financing, real estate, bankruptcy, wills, estate planning and related litigation.
For more than fifty years, Butt Thornton & Baehr PC has been known as a law firm of quality and integrity. We are proud of the position of trust and respect the firm has earned in New Mexico's business, legal and governmental communities. Our commitment is to continue to meet the high standards that have earned us that reputation into the twenty-first century.
Rankings
Butt Thornton & Baehr PC is metro ranked in 8 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Read how Best Law Firms ranks firmsMetro Rankings
Albuquerque
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Albuquerque
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Insurance Law
Tier 1 for Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 1 for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 2 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Tier 2 for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Tier 3 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Appellate Practice
- Aviation Law
- Construction Law
- Consumer Law
- Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Butt Thornton & Baehr PC has 10 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Butt Thornton & Baehr PC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
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Main Location
Albuquerque,
NM
4101 Indian School Road, NE, Suite 300 South
P.O. Box 3170
Albuquerque, NM 87190
United States
505-884-0777
Call our Albuquerque, NM location at 505-884-0777
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Management and Personnel
President
Paul Yarbrough