Liam Griffin is a pragmatist, not a partisan. His experience has revealed that people in Southeastern New Mexico care less about party labels than they care about values. They care about whether they can afford to thrive in the community they love, to see a doctor when they need one, about whether their kids have good schools, and whether their voices are actually heard.

Liam was born in Albuquerque and raised in a humble, loving home. His sister likes to say, "We weren't poor, we just didn't have any money." His childhood home didn't have a floor and he played baseball on a dirt field with baselines drawn in flour borrowed from his mother's kitchen.

He and his four siblings were loved and cared for, and their parents instilled within them the importance of family, education, and hard work. Those lessons drove Liam to attend college and then earn a rewarding, successful career in the telecommunications industry here in the US as well as in Europe.

Later in life, Liam saw bad actors weaponise the legal system against a family member, so he decided to go to law school, in order to better protect the people he loved as well as good people who the legal system didn't favor.

He moved back to New Mexico in 2010 and has been representing New Mexicans as an attorney ever since.

In 2024, he was honored by the 12th Judicial District Pro Bono Committee as the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for his work representing people in the aftermath of the floods in Ruidoso.

He is still a practicing attorney in Ruidoso, often representing those who cannot afford profit-driven representation.

He is a musician and an avid outdoorsman, but he most enjoys spending time with his wife, Jen, and their 10 grandchildren. He is driven by his commitment to make sure that his grandchildren can thrive in New Mexico and can enjoy everything it has to offer.