Kateri Garcia West

Kateri Garcia West is an Associate in the Albuquerque office. She is a member of the Litigation Department, and her practice focuses on Health Law, Products Liability and General Liability.

While attending the University of New Mexico School of Law, Ms. West gained a variety of valuable experiences. She practiced social justice advocacy as a W.K. Kellogg Child and Family Justice Advocate and coached high school students in a regional moot court competition as a 2019 Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Fellow. Ms. West then developed oral and written advocacy skills by competing on the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition moot court team. She also served as a teaching assistant, a research assistant, and the student representative to the Curriculum Committee. Upon graduation in May 2021, Ms. West received the Ann C. Scales Jurisprudence Award for her “demonstrated commitment to moving the law forward in the service of humanity” through innovative legal work with the Moms of Law student group, which she co-founded.

Prior to law school, Ms. West started her career as a mechanical engineer and spent a decade in medical sales for several Fortune 500 companies in local and national roles. Her volunteer work as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for children in the foster care system led her to law school.