Gregory W. Mackenzie

B I O G R A P H Y O F G R E G O R Y W . M A C K E N Z I E

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Greg is currently an attorney with Hurley Toevs Styles Hamblin & Panter PA. Greg was admitted to practice before the New Mexico courts in 1993 and has been working as a litigation lawyer since that time. Since 1997, Greg has devoted virtually all of his practice to representing clients in estate and trust litigation. This includes representing clients who are contesting or defending the validity of wills, trusts and other estate planning documents and those who are involved in litigation over the administration of estates and trusts. His cases frequently involve allegations of breach of fiduciary duty and the construction of controlling instruments such as wills and trusts.

Greg also frequently handles litigation in contested complex guardianships and conservatorships. He has been appointed by judges in several of New Mexico's judicial districts to serve as guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults involved in those types of proceedings.

Greg has received his certificate from the UNM School of Law mediation course and has served as a mediator in cases involving contested trusts, probates and difficult guardianships and conservatorships.

President, Albuquerque Lawyer's Club, 2002-2003. Author: "ICSID Arbitration as a Strategy for Leveling the Playing Field between International Non-Governmental Organizations and Host States," Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, November 1993; "The Order of Protection: A Call for Reform in New York's Domestic Relations Law," The Brooklyn Barrister, November 1992. Presenter: "Fiduciary Litigation from a Litigator's Perspective," Annual Probate Institute, 2001; "Top Ten Tips for Probate Litigators," Annual Probate Institute, 2002; "Highlights of Will Contests, Guardianships, and Conservatorships and Fiduciary Responsibility," New Mexico JAG Conference, 2003. Lobbyist, New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2006-2008. Participant, House Joint Memorial 34 Task Force on Guardianship Reform, 2007. Presenter, Annual Probate Institute, "Discharging Trustee Liability", 2007. Elected President of New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2008, 2009. Awarded Outstanding Affiliate Member by the National Guardianship Association, 2008. Participant, House Memorial 6 Task Force on Guardianship Reform, Chairman Post-Adjudication Committee, 2008. Presenter, "Court Monitoring of Guardianships and Conservatorships," Senior Citizen's Law Office Seminar on Medicaid and Other Elder Law Essentials, 2009." Presenter, "Frequently Addressed Issues in Guardianships and Conservatorships," Albuquerque Bar Association and NMGA Training Seminars, 2009. Presenter, "Addressing Questions of Self-Dealing with Powers of Attorney," Annual Probate Institute, 2009. Presenter, "Tips on Avoiding Litigation," Southern New Mexico Estate Planning Institute, 2009. Presenter, "Introduction to Basic Probate," 2nd Judicial District Court Volunteer Lawyer Training Program, 2009. Presenter, Guardianship of Adults," Southwest Conference on Disability, 2009. Presenter, "Will Contests in NM In the Wake of Estate of C De Baca," Albuquerque Estate Planning Council, 2010. Presenter, "Duties of and Liabilities Associated with Conservators and Guardians," Albuquerque Guardianship and Conservatorship Group, 2010. Presenter: "Decisional Capacity and Undue Influence," National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers, 2010. "Guardianship Webinar [on 2009 Revisions to Uniform Probate Code and Need for Effective Court Monitoring of Guardianships and Conservatorships]"; Judicial Conference Conducted by Administrative Office of the Courts, 2010. Presenter, "Decisional Capacity and Undue Influence," American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, June 2010. Presenter and Co- Author, 2010 Probate Institute. Presenter and Co-author, "Current State of the Law Regarding Undue Influence and Practice Pointers," 2010 Elder Law Institute; "The Role of the Guardian ad Litem in Guardianships and Conservatorships," New Mexico Office of Guardianship, 2011; "Influence: Due and Undue," ALI-ABA Conference, 2011. Presenter and Co-Author, "The Role of the Guardian ad Litem in Guardianships and Conservatorships," 2010 Probate Institute. Lobbyist, New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2006-2008. Participant: House Joint Memorial 34 Task Force on Guardianship Reform, 2007; House Memorial 6 Task Force on Guardianship Reform (Chairman, Post-Adjudication Committee, 2008). Elected President of New Mexico Guardianship Association, 2008, 2009.