Bernalillo County, NM
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Bernalillo County is New Mexico's most populous county and anchors Albuquerque — the state's largest city and principal legal market. The Second Judicial District Court is New Mexico's busiest. Albuquerque hosts the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico (Pete V. Domenici Courthouse), the University of New Mexico School of Law (the state's only law school), and a deep plaintiff, defense, corporate, healthcare, and government bar. The region's economy combines healthcare (UNM Health, Presbyterian, Lovelace), federal laboratories and installations (Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland AFB), technology, and professional services.