Sidney Childress was born in Dallas in 1966 and is a 6th-generation native Texan. Sidney enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and was honorably discharged in 1990. Sidney also received a business degree from the University of Texas (Austin) in 1990. He received a law degree from the University of Southern California in 1993. While in law school, Sidney worked in a Legal Aid Clinic, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and for a federal judge.
Sidney has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1993 and in New Mexico since 2005. Sidney is admitted to practice law before the bars of the United States District Courts for the District of New Mexico, and the Eastern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas.
Sidney’s experience includes approximately 30 civil jury trials and numerous non-jury trials, mediations and arbitrations in many different areas of the law, representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants. Trials have included real estate and partnership disputes, product defect and personal injury claims, civil rights cases, business tort and contract disputes, and probate issues. Sidney also provides legal services in the areas of business and franchise law, guardianship and elder law, and consumer protection litigation.
Sidney's pro bono commitments have been in the areas of fair housing and elder law. In 15+ years as a lawyer, Sidney has also been court-appointed to serve as a Guardian-Ad-Litem for over 100 children. In his spare time, Sidney enjoys the outdoors, music, trying to stay fit, and spending time with his friends and family.
Sidney is a member of the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance and the American Wind Energy Association.
