The attorney at the center of the "DWI Deception" scheme involving local law enforcement has been disbarred and his law office home has been seized.

The ringleader of a massive public corruption scheme making drunk-driving cases disappear has officially lost all privileges ...

Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III called police about an alleged break-in at his office.Body camera footage from February 2024 shows Clear talking about the damage to Albuquerque police officers." ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has issued an order for Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III.Under the order, Clear has to “show cause” why he should not face ...

A defense attorney who admitted to paying off law enforcement to let DWI cases get dismissed can no longer practice law in New Mexico ... disbarred Thomas Clear III more than a month after ...

ALBUQUERQUE ... scheme was officially disbarred on Tuesday. Thomas Clear III will no longer be allowed to practice law in New Mexico, an order made official by the New Mexico Supreme Court ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — One of the admitted ... Rick Mendez was the paralegal for local defense attorney Thomas Clear III. Mendez and Clear took plea deals in a federal investigation and admitted ...

Under the agreement, Clear also acknowledged he violated state rules of professional conduct, which apply to licensed attorneys. The New Mexico Supreme Court ordered Clear to show cause on why he ...

11—A prominent defense attorney was suspended by the New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday ... clients' DWI cases get dropped. Attorney Thomas Clear III "is hereby indefinitely suspended from ...

Thomas Clear, the defense attorney at ... the U.S. attorney for New Mexico, told KOAT, the ABC affiliate in Albuquerque. "If you go back and look at the people who were involved both throughout ...

A defense attorney who admitted to paying off law enforcement to let DWI cases get dismissed can no longer practice law in New Mexico. Chief U.S. District Judge Kenneth Gonzales on Thursday ...