PROSECUTION

Deputy District Attorney, Daniel H. Sewell, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Broadcasting from New Mexico State University and worked at KRWG-TV for ten years. Thereafter, he attended University of New Mexico Law School and graduated in 2002. Since that time, he has prosecuted criminal cases in the Third Judicial District and began prosecuting in the Twelfth Judicial District in 2021. He primarily prosecutes various types of felony cases.

Deputy District Attorney, Mikel Ward, graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2019, and has worked exclusively as a prosecutor since. Prior to returning to his home district here in Otero/Lincoln Counties, he worked prosecuting primarily violent felony crimes in both the 13th and 2nd Judicial Districts.  Prior to, Mikel worked in the Fire and Emergency Services since 1997, including working as a Fire and Explosions Investigator for the New Mexico State Fire Marshal, and serving as the Fire Chief for the City of Alamogordo.

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Attorney, Randy Summers graduated from Cloudcroft Highschool. He attended New Mexico State University where he graduated as a Crimson Scholar with a degree in Criminal Justice. He graduated from University of New Mexico Law School in 2023. During Law School he clerked for the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office in their Major Crimes Division. Mr. Summers is our HIDTA attorney prosecuting Drug trafficking and possession cases in Otero and Lincoln Counties.

Attorney, Kohlby McInnes is a graduate of New Mexico State University with a Bachelor and Master Degree in Public Administration. Mr. McInnes served as a Village of Capitan Board Trustee prior to completing his Law Degree from Oklahoma City University. He is currently assigned to misdemeanor cases within Lincoln County.

Deputy District Attorney, Renee Broberg, completed her undergraduate degree from Arizona State University in 2010. After several years in a political career, she decided to return to law school at Arizona Summit Law School and graduated in 2017. She has worked in criminal law, both defense and prosecution, here in New Mexico since 2019. She handles felony cases as well as juvenile matters for Otero and Lincoln counties.  

Melissa is a graduate of University of West Georgia, with a degree in Political Science, awarded Specialization in European Union and a Foreign Language Distinction. Heavily involved in various community outreaches at the local and State level, she saw the need for a lawyer accessible to the people in the community around her. With that motivation, she then attended Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, graduating Magna Cum Laude, with a  Public Service Distinction, and dedicated herself to those around her who otherwise would not have access to legal resources. Having built trust in the community, she began working in the District Attorney’s Office, with the hope that more victims would come forward, knowing that she was there.  She then later accepted a position as a Circuit Prosecutor within the District Attorney’s Office and worked closely with State law enforcement agencies, overseeing a specialized unit that worked across three counties, whose reach at times was State-wide. In 2023, she moved to New Mexico and began working in the 3^rd Judicial District, prosecuting several high profile cases, then transferred to the 12^th, proud to be part of the prosecution team in Otero County.

David McCardle graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a major in Criminal Justice and Criminology and a minor in Psychology.  He worked for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment where he led a team that created and instituted a federal audit system.  Mr. McCardle moved to Utah where he worked as a Correctional Officer in Utah’s state prison.  He earned his law degree from Ohio Northern University Claude W. Pettit College of Law.  He then moved back to Colorado where he worked in a Halfway house helping former inmates get a restart in the community.  Upon his move to New Mexico, he worked both in the public and private sectors.  He has served as a prosecutor in the Third Judicial District and joins the Twelfth, prosecuting a variety of felony cases.

Arthur Van Haselen graduated from University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. After spending several years in the automotive manufacturing industry, he returned to school and received his law degree from Arizona Summit Law School. While in law school, he clerked at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office with the Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section. He has served in positions with the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the Sixth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and with the New Mexico Administrative Hearings Office. 

was State-wide. In 2023, she move

d to New Mexico and began working in the 3^rd Judicial District, prosecuting several high profile cases, then transferred to the 12^th, proud to be part of the prosecution team in Otero County.

Attorney, Chase San Miguel is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal justice. He then completed his Law Degree at St. Mary’s School of Law. He is currently assigned to misdemeanor cases in Otero County.