Dumbrill, R. Douglas

Virginia R. Dugan is a shareholder with the Albuquerque firm of Atkinson & Kelsey, P.A. practicing exclusively in divorce and family law. Ms. Dugan graduated from State University of New York at New Paltz with a B.A. cum laude in 1968, from the University of New Mexico with an M.A. in 1971, an Ed. D. in 1992 and a J.D. in 1995. She was admitted to the State Bar and the United States District Court in 1995. Ms. Dugan is also admitted to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a recognized specialist in the Family Law and is a frequent speaker and writer on family law matters. She served as the President of the State Bar of New Mexico and, Chair of the Marital Property Committee for the Family Law Section of the ABA. She has been a member of the CLE committee and is the current chair of the Scope and Correlation Committee. She is a member of the Albuquerque Bar Association, past president of the Mid State Chapter of the New Mexico Women's Bar and is a member of the New Mexico State Bar's Family Law Section.

She is rated preeminent "A" by Martindale Hubbell, has been and continues to be a Southwest SuperLawyer, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is included in Best Lawyers in America, and is a recognized Family Law Specialist. She was selected as Best of the Bar by Business Weekly in 2011. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Supreme Court Committee for the State of New Mexico.