Seminars, Classes & Speaking Engagements

July 18, 2008: Gretchen Walther was honored with the CLE Summit Award for her work on Ethics in Collaborative Practice at the annual CLE meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Spring 2008: Kathryn Terry taught Community Property Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

May 4 and 5, 2007: Gretchen Walther chaired the NMCPG committee for the Annual Symposium to train professionals throughout the state on Collaborative Divorce.

March 23 and 24th, 2007: Gretchen Walther was the chair of the NMCPG committee hosting an intermediate Collaborative Divorce mental health training which featured Peggy Thompson, Ph. D and Rodney Nurse Ph.D.

February 6, 2007: David Walther and Gretchen Walther presented at the Albuquerque Bar Association on Collaborative Divorce.

February 21, 2007: David Walther and Gretchen Walther  presented Collaborative Law for Commercial Disputes and Domestic Relations at the Oliver Seth Inn of Court, in Santa Fe, NM.

January 18, 2007: Gretchen Walther gave a presentation on the use of financial experts in Collaborative Divorce cases to the Albuquerque Estate Planning Council Meeting.

January 6, 2007: Gretchen Walther gave a presentation on stock options of privately held companies in divorce cases at the Law Education Institute in Aspen Colorado.

October 21st, 2006: Gretchen Walther gave a presentation at the New Mexico State Bar Family Law Institute on skills for lawyers in Collaborative Divorce cases.

October 21st, 2006: David Walther gave a presentation at the New Mexico State Bar Family Law Institute on Legal Ethics.

July 15, 2006: Gretchen Walther chaired the committee of the New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group to bring the nationally renowned experts of Collaborative Divorce, Peggy Thompson, Ph.D and Pauline Tesler, J.D. to New Mexico for an intermediate Collaborative Divorce Training and to promote their new book, Collaborative Divorce: The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure your Family, Resolve Legal Issues and Move on With Your Life.

May 5-6th, 2006: Gretchen Walther headed the organizing committee for the Annual New Mexico Collaborative Practice Group Symposium, a forum for training New Mexico professionals in collaborative techniques. Gretchen was also the plenary speaker.

March 7th, 2006: David Walther and Gretchen Walther presented the annual Family Law Update before the Albuquerque Bar Association.

April 14th, 2005: Gretchen Walther spoke on Breaking the Impasse in Collaborative Law Before it Occurs at the Spring CLE Conference in Austin, Texas.

January 4th- 8th, 2005: Gretchen Walther spoke at the prestigious Law Education Institute (LEI) Snowmass Conference in Aspen, Colorado. The LEI is the nation’s foremost provider of Continuing Legal Education, Legal Seminars, and Legal Conferences. Ms. Walther spoke on Collaborative Law

November 17th, 2004: Gretchen Walther spoke at the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar: Civil Marriage/Civil Right? What Family Law Attorneys Need to Know at the State Bar Center in Albuquerque, NM

Fall 2004: David Walther taught Community Property Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Fall 2004: David Walther hosted a weekly radio show. The show sought to communicate and explore critical mediation, collaborative law and litigation aspects of family law and aired Sundays, at 2:30pm on KSFR.

Press Releases

Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 29th, 2009: David and Gretchen Walther named in Best Lawyers in America. David Walther picked as a New Mexico Super Lawyer.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 24th, 2009: Gretchen Walther named one of New Mexico's "40 under 40" by New Mexico Business Weekly.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 15th, 2008: Three Walther Family Law attorneys honored by their peers.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 13th, 2006: Gretchen Walther authors article on Collaborative Practic for prestigious International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
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Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 7th, 2005: Walther Family Law announced today that the firm’s founder and senior partner, David Walther, will again participate in choosing new members for inclusion in the prestigious American College of Family Trial Lawyers (ACFTL) in a meeting of its Executive Committee in New York City on November 19th.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 3rd, 2005: Albuquerque Family Law Specialist Gretchen Walther was recently honored by being chosen as one of The Best Lawyers in America, a peer review survey of more than 18,000 attorneys nationwide. With this recognition, Ms. Walther joins her father, David Walther, as one of only a handful of Family Law attorneys so honored in New Mexico. According to Corporate Counsel Magazine, Best Lawyers in America is “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice”.
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Santa Fe Collaborative Lawyers Honored, December 8th, 2004: Santa Fe lawyers David Walther, Michael Golden, Janet Clow and Sarah Bennett were recently honored by The Best Lawyers in America, a peer review survey of more than 16,000 attorneys nationwide described as “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice“ by Corporate Counsel Magazine.
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Santa Fe Gets a Legal Radio Show June 23rd, 2004: KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio and Walther Family Law, a leading divorce law firm announced the creation of a new, half hour weekly radio talk show currently airing on KSFR Sundays at 2:30 PM.
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WFL in the News

The New Mexico Bar Bulletin, September 14, 2009 The Hearsay section featured Gretchen Walther's honor as one of New Mexico young professionals who are "strengthening the fabric of their communities".

The Arizona Republic (read article), April 26, 2007 and Honolulu Advertiser (read article), April 24, 2007 Unhitched without a hitch. Gretchen Walther, as spokeswoman on Collaborative Law for the American Bar Association, was interviewed concerning the timing and cost of collaborative divorces.

Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15, 2005 Collaborative Divorce. David Walther and other local lawyers seek more amicable settlements for their clients.
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Santa Fe New Mexican, May 8, 2005 Splitting Together. David Walther is pictured attending a conference on Collaborative Divorce, an alternative approach pioneered in New Mexico by Gretchen Walther.
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Albuquerque Journal North, February 22, 2005, Couples Work Together for Divorce an interview with Gretchen Walther.
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New Mexico Bar Bulletin, January 10, 2005.
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Articles and Publications

Walther Family Law attorneys are frequently requested to write articles for professional journals. These articles have often been used by various courts around the country in deciding cases, including two cited by the United States Supreme Court. Our articles have also been used by other lawyers and legal scholars in producing their own professional articles. The following list contains some of the articles published by Walther Family Law attorneys.

Collaborative Law Ethics Redux, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer 2008. read article

Representation of Business and One Business Owner Against Another in Divorce, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 21, No. 2, p.4-6, Summer 2007. read article

Collaborative Law: Ethics in Colorado New Mexico Bar Bulletin May 2007. read article

Thrust Upon: Conflicts American Journal of Family Law, Vol 21 No 1 p 271. Spring 2007. read article

Ethics in Collaborative Divorce New Mexico Bar Bulletin, Attorney Insert, April 2007.

Collaborative Review, Lessons from Merchant of Venice, Spring 2006, p.8. read article

Confounded Computers, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 19, No. 4, p. 227, 2006. read article

Confidentialiality Broadly Defined, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 2005. read article

Ethical Issues in Collaborative Law, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 18, no.3, Fall 2004. read article

Uniformity in the Law of Ethics, American Journal of Family Law, Spring 2004.

Why a Teenager Over Age 14 Should Be Able to Consent, Rather Than Merely Assent, to Participation as a Human Subject of Research, American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 3, Issue 4 Fall 2003. read article

Ethics 2000 Commission Update for Family Lawyers, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 16, no.2, p.84, 2002.

Dual Representation in Domestic Relations, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 15, No. 4 2001.

Ethical Perils in the Relationship Between a Judge and an Expert, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 80 2000.

Power Imbalances in Divorce Mediation, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 93 2000. read article

Ethics 2000 and Family Law Issues, Professional Lawyer, ABA Vol. 10, issue 2, 1999.

Result-Based Fees in Divorce Cases, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 13, issue 1, 1999.

Ethical Challenges for Lawyer Mediators, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 12, issue 1, 1998.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Processes for Family Law Matters J. Am. Acad. Matrimonial Lawyers, Issue Editor, Vol. 14, no.2 () 1997.

Survey of Grandparents’ Visitation Rights, American Journal of Family Law, Vol. 11, issue 2 1997.

Further Developments: Conflicts of Interests Between Child and Parent, 9 American Journal of Family Law p 121 1995.

Infuse Some Zest into Your Practice, 16 Fam. Adv. 62 1994.

Unique Demands and Ethical Dilemmas Arising Out of the Relationship Between the Matrimonial Lawyers and the Client, 9 J. Am Acad. Matrimonial Lawyers 1992.

Don’t Let Your Staff Do Wrong, 13 Fam. Adv. 40, 1991.

Contingent Fees in Divorce, Wisconsin Lawyer 22, July 1991.

Conflict of Interest Between Child and Parent, 5 Am. J. Pant. L. 51,1991.

Ethical Issues Where the Child’s Interests Diverge from the Parents, New Mexico Bar Bulletin, 6 Sept. 1990.

Contingent Fees in Divorce Cases, 4 American Journal of Family Law. Fam. L. 199, 1990.

Appellate Practice and Procedure in Wisconsin, ATS-CLE, 1986.

The Noncitation Rule and the Concept of Stare Decisis, 61 Marq. L. Rev. 581, 1978.

The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, 54 Marq. L. Rev. 161, 1971.

Punitive Damages; A Critical Analysis, 49 Marq.L.Rev. 369, 1966 (Cited by the United States Supreme Court in 461 U.S. 30.   

Appellate Practice, Callaghan & Co. 1965

Detainer Warrants and the Speedy Trial Provision, 46 Marq. L. Rev. 423, 1963 (Cited by the United States Supreme Court).

Abolition of Breach of Promise, 43 Marq. L. Rev. 341, 1960.