PROFESSIONAL  QUALIFICATIONS

Mr. De Stefano was admitted to practice in New Mexico in 1994 (# 7772) and California in 1975 (# 65630). In addition to all the state courts of New Mexico and California, Mr. De Stefano is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Tax Court, and the United States District Courts for the Northern District of California (San Francisco), the Central District of California (Los Angeles), and the District of New Mexico.

EDUCATION

Mr. De Stefano graduated from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1975 with a Juris Doctor degree. His undergraduate education was at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he received an A. B. in Economics, in 1971

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mr. De Stefano has been in private practice full-time for over thirty years. Click  here   for a further description of Mr. De Stefano’s areas of practice.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Mr. De Stefano is a member of the Taos County Bar Association, and has been its vice president and treasurer, and chair of the Law Day program.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Mr. De Stefano is on the Board of Directors of Taos Center For The Arts, a non-profit visual and performing arts organization which operates Taos’s best theatrical and musical venue, and of Youth Alliance Inc., a non-profit corporation involved in the development of children and adolescents; he was on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Taos from 1995 to 2000, and served as its treasurer, fund-raising chairman, and representative to Habitat for Humanity of New Mexico.

PERSONAL

Mr. De Stefano is a musician who performs regularly in northern New Mexico, and is active in skiing and bike riding. Mr. De Stefano's first music CD, of songs he wrote and performs was released in November 2002

De Stefano Law Firm, P.C. 509 Camino de la Placita Taos,  New Mexico  87571 in the Taos Historic District Voice: (575) 751-7100         (Email)       Facsimile: (575) 751-1234

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