Jaclyn M. McLean
Partner
Jaclyn M. McLean is a partner in the Santa Fe office of Hinkle Shanor LLP. Ms. McLean has extensive experience representing both private and public entity clients in complex litigation matters in both state and federal courts, include a considerable amount of experience with class/collective actions.
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Ms. McLean’s practice is now primarily focused on the representation of energy companies, oil and gas operators, and investor-owned utilities. She represents oil and gas operators in compulsory pooling actions, and clients who seek drilling approvals for both vertical and horizontal, salt water disposal, and acid gas injection wells before the N.M. Oil Conservation Division and N.M. Oil Conservation Commission, as well as representing energy companies in matter that are litigated in both state and federal courts. For well-over a decade, Ms. McLean has successfully practiced before administrative bodies, United States District Court, all levels of the Courts of New Mexico, including the New Mexico Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
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Ms. McLean is a native Texan but has called New Mexico home for almost 20 years. When she isn’t in the office, Ms. McLean enjoys spending time with her family outside skiing and gardening.
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Areas of Practice
Natural Resources
Utilities
Administrative Law
Civil Litigation
Civil Appeals
Professional Details
Honors and Awards
Editor, New Mexico Law Review
Order of the Coif
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Education
University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico
J.D. magna cum laude - 2009
Trinity University
B.A. – 2006
Professional Associations and Memberships
Bar Admissions
New Mexico
United States District Court District of New Mexico
United States Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
United States Supreme Court
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Professional Associations and Memberships
New Mexico State Bar Association
First Judicial District Bar Association
Board of Directors, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association (2019-2023)
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Publications and Presentations
Published Works
Finance Nouveau: Prospects for the Securitization of Art (New Mexico Law Review, Volume 38, No. 3)