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Cari Neill

verification: confirmed

Doña Ana County's interim county attorney, who guided the county's October 14, 2025 Open Meetings Act corrective action.

At a glance

Earlier role
Category
Attorney
Jurisdiction
Doña Ana County
Verification
confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
In the record
2 sources · 1 connections · 0 dated entries
Record id
PJP58

Key facts

  • 2025-10-14Led the county's Open Meetings Act corrective action on October 14, 2025.
  • Framed the closed session as protected by attorney-client privilege.
  • 2026-02-06Neill's correspondence is among the exhibits to the Environmental Law Center's February 6, 2026 Open Meetings Act complaint.[1]
  • The county's Legal/Risk page now lists the County Attorney post as vacant; who is acting as county attorney is not published.[2]

The record

Interim County Attorney as of October 2025 (the county's Legal/Risk page now lists the County Attorney post as vacant); guided the Oct 14 2025 OMA corrective; framed the closed session as attorney-client privileged; later 'we just don't…

Relationships · 1

In the Watch · 1

eventCounty OMA corrective action (Oct 14 2025)

Sources · 2

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