Stuart D. Shanor is a senior partner in the Roswell office of Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P. His practice primarily involves commercial litigation and banking matters. Mr. Shanor serves on the Executive Committee of the Firm and Partner in Charge of the Roswell office.


     Mr. Shanor received his B.A. Degree from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio in 1959, and his J.D. Degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1962. While at Michigan he was a member of the Barristers Society.

     Following graduation from Law School, Mr. Shanor joined the Cleveland, Ohio Law Firm of Thompson, Hine & Flory and was affiliated with this firm until 1966 when he relocated to New Mexico and joined the predecessor firm to Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P.

     He is a member of the Chaves County, New Mexico, and American Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the United States Court of Claims, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Judicature Society, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a charter member of the New Mexico Bar Foundation, a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of New Mexico School of Law, and a member and regional Chairman for the United States Supreme Court Historical Society. He served as Chairman of the New Mexico Supreme Court Task Force on Lawyer Advertising, as Co-Chairman of the Supreme Court Task Force on The Code of Professional Responsibility, and as Chairman of the Task Force on Professionalism. He is a Review Officer for the New Mexico Disciplinary Board, and is a member of the Fee Arbitration Committee of the State Bar, and the New Mexico Medical Review Commission. He is a former member of the Uniform Jury Instruction Committee of the New Mexico Supreme Court. Mr. Shanor recently concluded a term as a member and subcommittee chairman of the Committee on Admissions and Disciplinary Proceedings for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico. He also is a fellow, immediate past President and ex officio member of the Board of Regents of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is a fellow and New Mexico State Chairman of the International Society of Barristers. He was a founder and the counselor of the George L. Reese, Jr. American Inn of Court. He is the year 2000 recipient of the Professionalism Award of the State Bar of New Mexico. Mr. Shanor has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America since 1989 in the area of business Litigation.

     Mr. Shanor is a former President of the Board of Education of the Roswell Independent School District, and a former Chairman of the Roswell Planning And Zoning Commission and the Extraterritorial Zoning Commission. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Roswell Girls Club, and is a past President of the Roswell Kiwanis Club. He is President of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Foundation and is former member and Senior Warden of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Vestry. He is a former director of United New Mexico Bank of Roswell, and a former member of the Board of Trustees of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. He is a member of New Mexico First and the New Mexico Amigos.