Christie Geter

Associate Attorney

New Mexico

   

cgeter@jshfirm.com
TEL: 505.339.3507
FAX: 505.339.3207
Legal Assistant: Marylyn Richerson
505.339.3521
mricherson@jshfirm.com

Christie Geter is a member of JSH’s New Mexico Trial team. She currently focuses her practice in the area of insurance defense litigation, where she defends clients in trucking and transportation matters, general liability, wrongful death, and civil rights. Christie has experience arguing many cases in both criminal and civil courts in all stages of litigation, including serving as counsel at trial and obtaining favorable decisions. She has participated in numerous mediations and informal settlement negotiations.

While attending law school at the University of Minnesota, Christie worked as a Certified Student Attorney at the Denver District Attorney’s Office and Minneapolis City Attorney’s Office. She served as Managing Director of the Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Moot Court, team member on the ABA Moot Court Competition Team, member of the Women’s Law Student Association, and staff member on Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice.

Christie is a board member of the Albuquerque Bar Association and is serving as the 2025 President.

In her free time, Christie enjoys attending theatre and dance productions, traveling, practicing yoga, and snowboarding in the winter months.

Professional Recognition & Awards

  • New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, Young Defense Lawyer of the Year, 2020
  • Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Transportation Law, 2024-2025
  • Southwest Super Lawyer Rising-Star, Insurance Coverage, 2024

Presentations & Publications

  • “Let’s Try This Again, Separate Educational Facilities are Inherently Unequal: Why Minnesota Should Issue a Desegregation Order and Define Adequacy in Cruz-Guzman v. State,” Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Vol. 38 (Winter 2020).
  • “That’s Discoverable! How Medical Factoring Companies Impact Your Case” Author US Law Fall 2023

Education

University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., 2019

University of New Mexico, B.A., magna cum laude, Cinematic Arts, 2012
Dean’s List, National Honor Society

Admissions

New Mexico
U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

Arizona 2023