Since its founding, The Jones Firm has represented regulated companies including telecommunications carriers, energy providers, and a water utility before state regulators, municipal and county governing bodies, and the courts of New Mexico.
We assist our clients with certifications, compliance matters, rulemaking, franchise and right of way negotiations, permitting, court actions, and appeals.
CASES OF NOTE
United Nuclear Corp. v. General Atomic Company
The Jones Firm successfully represented TW Telecom of New Mexico, LLC, before the New Mexico Supreme Court in TW Telecom of New Mexico, LLC v. N.M. Public Regulation Commission, 2011-NMSC-029 (2011), in which the Supreme Court set forth fundamental principles of procedural due process for administrative adjudications.
Public Service Company of New Mexico
The Jones Firm team represented the Public Service Company of New Mexico before the New Mexico Supreme Court in State ex rel. Sandel v. N.M. Public Utility Commission, 1999-NMSC-19 (1999). The case established important principles of administrative law related to constitutional separation of powers and primary jurisdiction.
Moongate Water Co., Inc., Doña Ana Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Ass’n, 2008-NMCA-143 (Ct. App. 2008)
The Jones Firm successfully represented the Doña Ana Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association before the New Mexico Court of Appeals where another water utility alleged violations of the New Mexico Antitrust Act.
