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 ...

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

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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.

Former state attorney Thomas Clear III was suspended after he plead guilty to federal charges. The petition was filed by the Chief Disciplinary Counsel of the New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Another local ... Chavez is the second lawyer implicated in this scandal. Thomas Clear III has also pleaded guilty for his part and admitted to being the mastermind behind ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A local defense attorney is facing a petition that could suspend him from practicing law in New Mexico ... Former state attorney Thomas Clear III was suspended after he ...

Former Albuquerque Police Department officer Nelson Ortiz admitted to his role in the DWI scandal Monday, becoming the fifth ...

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