Bio

Charles Garcia joined the Firm in 2010 as a Partner focusing on the areas of corporate and business law, regulatory compliance, public utility, energy, commercial transactions, insurance defense, and public/government entity representation. Mr. Garcia has over 25 years of experience representing and advising corporate and governmental agency clients in a wide variety of administrative and judicial proceedings and litigation, including corporate law and commercial transactions involving both private businesses and public entities; state court litigation and administrative proceedings before state commissions and boards; wholesale energy proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC); civil rights claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; environmental compliance matters before state and federal environmental agencies; as well as employee labor matters before state labor commissions/boards. His experience includes numerous regulatory enforcement proceedings before state and federal regulatory agencies; defending clients in regulatory compliance and financial audits; representation of clients in commercial contract negotiations and daily business/government operations; as well as representation of small business clients in a variety of corporate and commercial matters. Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Garcia was Of Counsel to Miller Stratvert, P.A., representing business and utility clients in litigation and regulatory proceedings before the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC); and he also developed legal strategies and advised clients in federal regulatory matters before FERC. Mr. Garcia represented business clients in various commercial transactions and contract negotiations; merger and acquisition transactions; real estate and land transactions; and advised clients regarding compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, including defending utility clients in operational audits completed by federal regulators related to national electric reliability standards.