Les Romaine is a native New Mexican from Albuquerque. He earned his law degree from the UNM School of Law in 2011 and he holds a B.A. in Criminology from the University of New Mexico.

Mr. Romaine’s legal career began at the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office as an Assistant District Attorney where he developed extensive trial experience in a criminal setting. He began his career in the Metropolitan Court in Bernalillo County where he handled a wide range of misdemeanor offenses to include DWI, domestic violence, animal cruelty, reckless driving, filing a false police report, harassment, shoplifting, assault, battery and unlawful possession of a deadly weapon.

He then moved up to a felony division initially handling a wide several types of property offense to include possession of a controlled substance, auto burglary, commercial burglary, shoplifting, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, receiving or transferring a stolen motor vehicle, robbery, larceny, theft of identity, unlawful use of a credit card, robbery, drug trafficking and aggravated burglary.

Mr. Romaine was then promoted to a serious violent felony division and handled cases to include armed robbery, domestic violence, voluntary manslaughter, second degree murder and capital murder.