James H. Bozarth is a partner located in the Roswell office. He also staffs the Ruidoso office of Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin on a part time basis. Mr Bozarth is licensed to practice law in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. He has been engaged in the practice of law in Roswell, New Mexico since 1974, having practiced in a large law firm, as a sole practitioner and in small firms. From 1970 to 1974, Mr. Bozarth was an attorney with the Tax Division of the U. S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Bozarth is a graduate of Lamar State University (1967), and holds a J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law (1970) and a Masters of Law degree in Taxation from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. (1974).

Mr. Bozarth was a member of the Board of Directors and is an Elder of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Roswell from 1999 through 2001. He is past Chairman of the Roswell Planning and Zoning Commission, of which he had been a member for eight years, and helped organize and is a past Director of Mainstreet Roswell, Inc. Mr. Bozarth helped organize and served six years as a member of the Board of Directors of Assurance Home, Inc., a home for abused and neglected children, and helped organize and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Assurance Home Foundation, Inc. Mr. Bozarth has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Chaves County and Working Mother's Day Nursery.