FAMILY
Garry Cowles, husband, retired from State Government
Jovita Lobato, mother, retired school teacher

EDUCATION
Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe, NM, 1963
Rutgers University, B.A. degree, 1970
Rutgers University Law School, J.D., 1975
New York University Law School, L.L.M, 1983, Master's Degree, Federal Taxation Law

WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer 1959 -- Packing carrots
Summer 1963 -- Walgreens clerk
1964-65 -- Telephone Operator
1970-72 -- Public School Teacher (Bilingual Program)
1972-75 -- Legal Analyst, drafted legislation
1975-76 -- Reginald Herber Smith Fellowship Award, Attorney assigned to Northern NM Legal Services
1977-80 -- Asst District Attorney, 1st Judicial District
1980 -- Asst Attorney General, State of NM
1984 -- Legal Council, NM Senate Judiciary Comm
1984-88 -- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Trustee for NM
1983 to present -- Private Legal Practice, Santa Fe