I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
Gov. Bill Richardson refused to answer a question Monday on whether he’d hired a lawyer. But the Associated Press (AP) is reporting that the governor has hired Peter Schoenburg, a prominent attorney who specializes in white-collar crime, to represent him.
The AP goes on to report:
Peter Schoenburg is a partner in an Albuquerque law firm that specializes in criminal defense, complex civil and commercial litigation, Indian law and other issues.
His hiring by Richardson was confirmed today to the AP by a federal law enforcement official who asked to remain unidentified because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation.
A grand jury is looking into possible “pay-to-play” dealings by CDR Financial Products, which won state transportation contracts for $1.48 million.
According to his law firm’s Web site, Schoenburg specializes in complex criminal defense work in federal and state courts. He teaches trial advocacy and evidence at the University of New Mexico’s Law School as adjunct faculty.
The firm said he has successfully represented defendants accused of “a wide variety of white-collar criminal offenses involving health care, tax fraud, environmental defenses, national lab security allegations, bank fraud, mail fraud, illegal trading in sacred tribal objects and foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations.”
Schoenburg holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale and graduated from Rutgers Law School.
