Miguel Suazo is an energy and natural resources attorney with a decade of experience in energy, natural resources, government, and business. As founding partner at Landrith, Lehrbass, Suazo & Goos, LLP, Miguel is responsible for advising clients on a broad range of energy and natural resources matters in Texas and New Mexico. Miguel’s practice focuses on advising clients on operations on state and federal lands, compliance with regulations enforced by the Texas Railroad Commission, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division, the New Mexico State Land Office, the Office of the New Mexico State Engineer, the New Mexico Environmental Department, the United States Bureau of Land Management, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the United States Department of Interior.
Miguel’s natural resources experience began at an early age. Born in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Miguel grew up a true steward of the land as part of the seventh generation to work his family’s northeastern New Mexico cattle ranch.
Miguel attended New Mexico Military Institute and subsequently earned his bachelors degree from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. After college, Miguel worked in Washington, DC and New Mexico as an aide to United States Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Miguel earned his law degree from the University of New Mexico where he focused his legal education on natural resources and business law. Subsequently, Miguel worked as Energy and Environment Associate with Wellford Energy where he assisted a broad range of clean energy companies develop from pilot and demonstration scale to commercial scale companies.
Miguel’s passion for assisting young companies led him the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) where he dedicated his work to assisting biotechnology companies understand policy and regulatory matters related to the United States Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Defense, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Prior to becoming a partner at LLSG, Miguel practiced oil and gas law for a prominent Houston oil and gas law firm. Miguel is also the Executive Director for Young Professionals in Energy for the State of New Mexico and works to educate New Mexico’s youth about careers in energy-related fields.
Miguel Suazo is an energy and natural resources attorney with a decade ...