Modrall Sperling
Tessa Chrisman is an Associate Attorney at Modrall Sperling since September 2021, building on a legal career that includes a position as a Rule 39(c) Certified Limited Practice Student at the Public Interest Law Firm's Civil Litigation Clinic and prior experience as a Summer Associate at Modrall Sperling. Tessa has also gained valuable experience as a Legal Writing Intern at Squire Patton Boggs and as an Extern at the Arizona Supreme Court Staff Attorney's Office. Judicial experience includes serving as a Judicial Extern for the Honorable James O. Browning at the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. Educational credentials include a Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in History and English/Philosophy from The University of New Mexico. Additionally, Tessa served as a Marketing Assistant for the International Mentoring Association from January 2016 to May 2018.
Modrall Sperling
Modrall Sperling is the counsel of choice for complex business, litigation and natural resources challenges anywhere in New Mexico. In many of our specialty areas of practice, our legal teams are retained to work on issues throughout the Southwest and across the nation. To solve their key challenges, clients rely on our depth of experience and ability to work with them as part of a multi-specialty representation built across a wide range of practice areas. We offer well-developed legal niches involving schools, railroads, banks, mining, oil and gas development companies, Native American and public lands, energy and utilities companies, healthcare providers, and Native American law, among others. Knowing our clients' business -- together with the regulatory and competitive environments in which they operate -- enables us to spot developments that may affect them so that together we can take action. Clients hire Modrall Sperling for our experience. They keep us for our counsel.