Ambrose Kupfer is a native New Mexican, born and raised in Rio Rancho, and a double Lobo attending UNM for both his undergraduate and law school education. After law school, Ambrose clerked for the Honorable Gerald E. Baca in Santa Fe at the New Mexico Court of Appeals as well as the Honorable Diane J. Humetewa at the United States District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix. 

Ambrose also had extensive experience during law school interning for the Federal Defenders Office, the 2nd Judicial District Attorney's Office, and United States District Judge James O. Browning in Albuquerque as well as United States Circuit Judge Jimmie V. Reyna of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. As well, Ambrose served as the Lead Citations Editor for the Natural Resources Journal at UNM and competed on UNM's mock trial team in the American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition. 

Ambrose lives in Rio Rancho with his wife, who is a Pharmacist at Presbyterian Hospital, and enjoys weightlifting, fishing, hiking with his rescue dogs, and traveling.

Publications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • New Mexico

Associations

• H. Vearle Payne American Inn of Court
• New Mexico Hispanic Bar

Education

The University of New Mexico School of Law

Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2021

The University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management

Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting, 2018