Baker Law Group hires oil and gas attorney to lead New Mexico practice

Baker Law Group, PLLC has brought on Kaitlyn Luck to lead its oil and gas practice from Albuquerque, expanding support for producers, landowners, royalty owners and operators across New Mexico. The move comes as leasing, royalty disputes and regulatory work stay active in the state’s producing basins.

Why it matters: - New Mexico’s oil and gas market keeps generating legal work across leasing, title, royalties, compliance and disputes. - Baker Law Group is positioning its Albuquerque office to serve producers, landowners, mineral rights owners, royalty owners and operators statewide.

What happened: - Baker Law Group, PLLC hired Kaitlyn Luck as an Associate Attorney to lead the firm’s oil and gas practice from Albuquerque. - Luck will represent clients across New Mexico’s producing regions. - The firm announced the hire on July 10, 2026.

The details: - New Mexico remains one of the country’s most active oil and gas producing states. - The Permian Basin in southeastern New Mexico and the San Juan Basin in the northwest drive steady legal demand. - Common matters include lease negotiations, royalty disputes, regulatory proceedings and mineral title issues. - The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division oversees well permitting, production reporting, environmental compliance and plugging obligations. - Compliance failures can carry serious consequences for operators. - Royalty underpayment is described as one of the most common disputes for landowners and mineral rights owners in both basins. - Operators can take improper deductions or miss payment deadlines, and those issues often go unresolved without legal representation. - Luck brings 12 years of legal experience in oil and gas law, energy, real estate and business law. - Luck earned a J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law. - Luck has been admitted to practice in New Mexico since 2013. - Luck is also admitted before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. - Luck is a member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice. - Baker Law Group says Luck will handle both transactional and litigation oil and gas matters statewide. - The firm’s oil and gas work includes lease drafting, review and negotiation. - The firm also handles royalty disputes and underpayment claims. - Other services include mineral rights title examination and quiet title actions. - Baker Law Group handles surface use agreements and surface owner protections. - The firm also represents clients in Oil Conservation Division compliance and regulatory proceedings. - Additional work includes pooling and forced pooling matters, pipeline and transportation disputes, and acquisitions and divestitures across New Mexico’s producing basins. - Baker Law Group says real estate law often overlaps with oil and gas work in New Mexico. - The firm assists property owners, mineral rights holders and investors with title work, quiet title actions and property transactions. - Severed mineral rights can create title complications that require legal review before a lease, sale or acquisition. - Surface owners dealing with mineral development can also need legal counsel on property rights. - Baker Law Group says energy clients also need business law support for entity formation, contract drafting, joint ventures and operational agreements. - The firm advises operators, investors and midstream companies active in the Permian Basin and San Juan Basin. - Baker Law Group is a multi-state firm with offices in Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Greenwood Village, Northglenn, Las Vegas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, Albuquerque and Kansas City. - The firm represents individuals, businesses and organizations in oil and gas law, civil litigation, real estate, business law, estate planning, employment law, family law and criminal defense. - The company’s social media links include LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and X.

Between the lines: - Baker Law Group is betting that deeper oil and gas specialization in Albuquerque can capture recurring work tied to New Mexico’s producing basins. - The hire also reinforces how closely oil and gas, real estate and business issues overlap for energy clients in the state.

What's next: - Luck will lead the firm’s New Mexico oil and gas matters from the Albuquerque office. - Baker Law Group is likely to use the added specialization to expand representation across transactional work, disputes and regulatory issues.

The bottom line: - Baker Law Group is adding targeted oil and gas firepower in Albuquerque at a time when New Mexico energy work remains busy and legally complex.