Visiting Lecturer III
B.A. 1992, Centre College of Kentucky
J.D. 2002, University of New Mexico School of Law
Member of the New Mexico Bar
George Bach is teaching Employment Law, Evidence, Introduction to Constitutional Law and Federal Jurisdiction. In Summer 2011, he taught in the UNM Law School Law Practice Clinic.
During and after law school, George worked for attorney K. Lee Peifer litigating in civil rights, union-side labor law, and employee-side employment law. In 2005, George joined the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico as its first staff attorney, where he litigated a wide variety of civil rights cases in state and federal courts. In 2009, George and attorney Matthew L. Garcia formed Bach & Garcia LLC, a firm practicing in the areas of civil rights, labor and employment law, personal injury, criminal defense and general civil litigation.
A former President of the New Mexico Lesbian and Gay Lawyers Association, George was honored with a Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance "Treasure" Award in 2007 for his work in the LGBT community. In 2009, U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich nominated him to the New Mexico State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. George also serves as a volunteer Co-Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
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