Salim Khayoumi

Biographical Information

Salim Khayoumi is a practicing attorney in the State of New Mexico. Khayoumi is an active member of the New Mexico Bar and licensed to practice in all courts of the State of New Mexico.

Before commencing his legal education, Khayoumi graduated with honors from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology along with dual minors in Pre-Medicine and Political Science. Thereafter, Khayoumi attended Kansas's, Washburn University School of Law where he was awarded the Washburn University Alumni Honors Scholarship. During law school Khayoumi was active in the Washburn Law Student Bar Association, serving two, two year long terms as both "Curriculum Committee Chairman" and "Commencement Committee Chairman". While at Washburn University School of Law, Mr. Khayoumi received extensive trial advocacy training at Washburn's Center for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, one the nation's top trial advocacy training centers.

Khayoumi began his legal career with the public interest in mind. After obtaining his license to practice law in the State of New Mexico, Khayoumi was hired by the Fifth Judicial District Attorney's Office, where he served as an Assistant District Attorney charged with the prosecution of felony and misdemeanor crimes at the Fifth Judicial District Court and various Magistrate courts in and around Lea, Eddy, and Chavez counties. Khayoumi later moved back to Central New Mexico, where he continued service as an Assistant District Attorney at the Second Judicial District Attorney's Office in Albuquerque. Khayoumi left his position as a state prosecutor; thereafter, providing legal services and representation as a private practitioner.