Attorneys

John Stiff, the founding partner of Stiff, Keith and Garcia, has thirty years of experience in civil defense, with an emphasis on complex liability including professional liability, coverage, automobile litigation, employment law, civil rights, and construction defect.

Ann L. Keith’s practice includes insurance defense, the settlement of minor children’s claims, and defending school districts and State entities in a wide variety of tort and employment law claims.

Ed Snow has over 30 years of legal experience in civil and criminal law. He has appeared in over one hundred bench trials, arbitrations and adjudicatory hearings, and has appellate experience before the New Mexico Court of Appeals, New Mexico Supreme Court, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Julia Y. Mares has called New Mexico her home for the past 35 years.  Her practice includes defending employment and civil rights claims and defending insureds in automobile litigation, homeowner’s liability and dog bite cases.

John F. S. Stiff, Jr. is an Albuquerque native.  He practiced several years as a litigation paralegal before joining our firm as an associate attorney in April 2020. He focuses on defending auto and homeowner claims.