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Ms. Lee Boothby

Ms. Lee Boothby

Former Assistant D.A. over 34 years of Experience
  • Business Law, Collections, Construction Law ...
  • California, District of Columbia, New Mexico
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Lee Boothby has more than 34 years experience as a transactional business and civil litigation attorney. She is admitted to practice in the California, New Mexico and the District of Columbia. She began her career as an expatriate tax attorney for Arthur Young & Company in Athens, Greece where she served as tax advisor to a number of prominent CEOs, Presidents and Vic Presidents of multinational corporations based in the Middle Ease and Northern Africa, including Mobil Oil, GE, Lockheed, First National Bank of Chicago and American Express. After her return to California in 1986, she expanded her practice to include civil litigation as well as corporate and business law. She moved to Taos, New Mexico in 2004 and from 2004 to 2005 she was an assistant district attorney in Taos, New Mexico. Thereafter she went back into private practice and in 2009 established the New Mexico Legal Center located in Taos. She specializes in Real Estate, Construction, Collections, Corporations, Personal Injury, and Foreclosure Defense. She graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1979, where she served as Assistant Editor of Law Review.

Practice Areas
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Collections
    Construction Law
    Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
    Foreclosure Defense
    Landlord Tenant
    Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
Additional Practice Area
  • Corporations and LLCs
Fees
  • Free Consultation
  • Does Not Currently Practice Law
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Contingent Fees
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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District of Columbia
District of Columbia Bar
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New Mexico
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Education
University of Tennessee College of Law
J.D.
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Honors: Assistant Editor of Law Review; graduated top 20% of her class
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Comparative Bad Faith
18 Thomas Jefferson Law Review 121 (1996)
Mind-Power: The Ultimate 15 Second Formula to Transform Your Life Forever (1997)
Available on Amazon.com
Note: Juvenile law - Trial by Jury - Applicability of Tennesee Rules of Civil Procedure
45 Tennessee Law Review 534 (1978)
Websites & Blogs
Website
Legal Answers
1 Questions Answered
Q. I keep having people from the electric, gas company etc. trample trees, shrubs and removing no/ trespass signs, can I do
A: You need to take action at the time you know it happens. Log the date, write down what they did and photograph the damage. Then send a demand letter to the company that is destroying your property or stealing your sign and tell them to cease and desist and that if they continue you will file a lawsuit against them in Magistrate Court. You can also just write the utiltity companies directly with your proof and submit a claim to them for the damage they have done. Obviously keep copies of everything you send. I assume the utilities have easements. I don't know why a construction company is coming on your property. If its because a neighbor is having something built then you need to send a letter to the neighbor and the construction company, putting them on notice of what is going on and that you demand that it cease or you will file a lawsuit in Magistrate Court for your damages. You can do that yourself. ... Read More
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Contact & Map
515 Gusdorf Rd. Ste. 8
Taos, NM 87571
Telephone: (575) 751-7415