Los Lunas, NM

David C. Chavez

David C. Chavez is recognized nationally as a Top 10 Personal Injury Lawyer, Top 100 Trial Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, and the prestigious Super Lawyer Award. David has over 40 years of experience as a personal injury attorney. Born and raised in Belen, New Mexico, David knows New Mexico culture and has served on a number of boards, committees and task forces locally and throughout New Mexico. David C. Chavez has recovered millions for those injured without a voice. David has the team, experience and resources to commit to your case. His firm is committed to helping his clients get back on the “Road to Recovery.”

Lauren Law Barela

Attorney Lauren Law Barela represents clients in New Mexico, focusing on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, particularly vehicle accidents, premises liability, and other negligence cases. She graduated summa cum laude from The University of New Mexico's University Honors College in 2006 with a major in criminology and a minor in mathematics. She earned her Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2011. She received CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in 2010 and 2011. She is admitted to practice before New Mexico state and federal courts and graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in July 2019. She is a member of several legal organizations.

Jonathan A. Garcia

Jonathan A. Garcia is an accident and injury attorney at Garcia Legal, LLC, serving clients in Albuquerque, Los Lunas, and Belen, New Mexico. He leverages his background as a defense attorney for insurance companies to advocate for accident survivors, focusing on honesty, fairness, and integrity in his practice. He works directly with each client throughout their case.

Chance Gauthier was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Valencia County. He started his legal career with the Branch Law Firm, managing mass tort product liability litigation. He attended the University of New Mexico School of Law, graduating in May 2017. After law school, he clerked for prominent injury attorneys and later worked for a Civil Defense firm, gaining insight into the insurance industry. He also staffed the New Mexico Judicial Standards Commission. Chance's experience includes successful trial verdicts for injured victims in complex civil claims like trucking accidents, construction defect claims, design defect claims, product liability claims, civil rights abuses, and insurance bad faith claims.

Shane Maier

Shane Maier graduated in the top 10% of his law school class and is a member of the prestigious Order of the Coif. Prior to law school, he had over 10 years of experience as a legal assistant and paralegal in litigation and appellate work, including U.S. Supreme Court Cases. After graduation, he worked for the insurance defense firm O'Brien & Padilla, P.C., gaining insight into insurance companies' case evaluation. He then handled personal injury cases for the Law Office of Adam Oakey before co-founding Gauthier & Maier Law Firm. Shane's experience includes obtaining successful trial results for personal injury cases and handling complex cases such as civil rights abuses and insurance bad faith.

Ashleigh Peralta is a paralegal and case manager with Gauthier and Maier Law Firm. She graduated from Los Lunas High School in 2004 and received her paralegal certificate from UNM in 2014. She has 9 years of experience in civil and criminal law, focusing on personal injury and wrongful deaths.

Rico Gonzales

Rico Gonzales is a personal-injury advocate for individuals injured by others through no fault of their own. He focuses on commercial trucking and premises liability cases. He is from Los Lunas, New Mexico, and a graduate of St. Pius X High School. He obtained his undergraduate, master’s, and law degree at the University of New Mexico. In law school, he graduated magna cum laude and was admitted to the Order of the Coif. Before joining the Law Firm of David C. Chavez, he worked for one of the state’s top defense firms in Santa Fe.