Yolanda R. Ortega is a paralegal at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP in Santa Fe.  She received her Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics from New Mexico State University in 1992 and her Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies from the Santa Fe Community College in 2000.  Yolanda worked for the State of New Mexico, Risk Management Division, Legal Bureau from 1999 to 2004 and then with White, Koch, Kelly & McCarthy, P.A. from 2004 to 2010 when the firm merged with another firm to become Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP.  Her work focuses primarily on employment law, litigation, family law and education law. Yolanda has been a member of the State Bar of New Mexico Paralegal Division since 2001 and has served as a Board Director, Secretary, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee and was elected Chair of the Division for 2016.