L.V. was born by the banks of the Roanoke River in Roanoke Rapids, North
Carolina. An only child, he was the first lawyer in his extended family of
aunts, uncles and cousins. After public schools there, he graduated from North
Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a B.S. in
Political Science.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he earned his law degree and clerked for the Honorable Judge Bruce Black [coincidentally, an Interfaith Shelter Group volunteer], then a U.S. District Judge in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. L.V. then clerked for the Honorable Terrence L. O’Brien, U.S. Circuit Judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cheyenne, WY.
Returning to Santa Fe, L.V began private practice with the law firm of Long, Pound & Komer, P.A. His practice areas include Civil Rights, Discrimination, Employment Law, and Injury, finding work with his clients to be most gratifying.
Outside the office, he enjoys fishing, takes piano lessons and aspires to improve his Spanish. He serves as an officer in the Montezuma Lodge No.1 and the Cerrillos Lodge #19 and, at the behest of a friend who is a breast cancer survivor, became a board member of the Breast Cancer Resource Center.
L.V. and the Rev. Chester Topple have worked together as a two-member leadership team at the shelter.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he earned his law degree and clerked for the Honorable Judge Bruce Black [coincidentally, an Interfaith Shelter Group volunteer], then a U.S. District Judge in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. L.V. then clerked for the Honorable Terrence L. O’Brien, U.S. Circuit Judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cheyenne, WY.
Returning to Santa Fe, L.V began private practice with the law firm of Long, Pound & Komer, P.A. His practice areas include Civil Rights, Discrimination, Employment Law, and Injury, finding work with his clients to be most gratifying.
Outside the office, he enjoys fishing, takes piano lessons and aspires to improve his Spanish. He serves as an officer in the Montezuma Lodge No.1 and the Cerrillos Lodge #19 and, at the behest of a friend who is a breast cancer survivor, became a board member of the Breast Cancer Resource Center.
L.V. and the Rev. Chester Topple have worked together as a two-member leadership team at the shelter.
L.V. West
Interfaith Community Shelter Group P.O. Box 22653 Santa Fe, NM 87502
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