Krista Garcia, Esq.
Krista Founded Power Legal after working as New Mexico State Prosecutor. Fed up with watching people get lost in the Criminal Justice system, and no one really in a hurry to help, she knew she had to make a career change.
Krista now practices Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Estate Planning here in New Mexico. She is passionate about helping people maintain their personal freedom and meaningful connections to their children.
Krista earned her Jurist Doctorate from the University of New Mexico School of Law.
"Everyone's a lobo! Woof! Woof! Woof!"
While Krista is based in Albuquerque, her clients reach across New Mexico and her experience across the globe.
Krista was a legal observer at the Military Criminal Tribunals for suspected terrorists in Guantanamo bay, Cuba. She was also the first and only American to work with the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in the Hague, The Netherlands.
While her law degree is issued from UNM, Krista also studied law in Madrid, Spain and Nuremberg, Germany.
Let Krista's experience benefit you!
Krista Currently serves as:
- Secretary of the UNM School of Law Alumni Association
- Member of the Young Lawyers Association of the New Mexico State Bar Association
- Member of the New Mexico Women's Bar Association
- Member of the New Mexico Family Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar
- Member of the New Mexico Hispanic Bar Association
- Member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
- Member of the Real Property, Trust and Estate Section of the New Mexico State Bar Association
- Member of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the New Mexico State Bar Association
- Member of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Bridge the Gap Mentor
Awards and Community Involvement:
-2023 to Present - Santa Fe Dreamers Project Board of Directors - Vice President
- 2024 - Law La Palooza Volunteer
-2024 - Peter H Johnstone Legal Fair Volunteer
-2021-2022 Vice President of the Recent Graduate Chapter of the UNM School of Law Alumni Board
- 2021 Teleclinic Shining Star of the Year - New Mexico Legal Aid, Volunteer Attorney Program
- 2021 Certificate of Appreciation - First Judicial District's Access to Justice Committee
- 2021 Wills for Heroes Volunteer
- 2021 ABA YLD Western States Regional Summit - Wellness and Health Presentation (Chair Yoga)
- 2021 City of St. Louis Law Department Holiday Series - Wellness and Health Presentation (Chair Yoga)
- 2020 Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Pro Bono Services - New Mexico Legal Aid, Volunteer Attorney Program
- 2020 Veterans Legal Clinic Volunteer
- 2019 State Bar of New Mexico Annual Meeting - Wellness and Health Presentation (Poolside Yoga)
- 2018 State Bar of New Mexico Annual Meeting - Mind and Body Wellbeing for Lawyer CLE Presentation
- 2018 State Bar of New Mexico Annual Meeting - Wellness and Health Presentation (Poolside Yoga)
- 2017 - 2018 Law Enforcement Training Classes on 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendment considerations and Search Warrants