Carla Chung Mattix served as an attorney for the National Park Service at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, from 1995 to 2021. She worked in the Washington, D.C. headquarters office and later in the San Francisco and Santa Fe offices. Carla provided legal counsel and litigation support in the areas of natural resources law, environmental law, historic and archeological preservation, intellectual property, museum collections, historic tax credits, and Native American matters. She holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University, and is a member of the New Mexico, Virginia, and D.C. bars.
Carla lives in Santa Fe with her husband. She is a board member of the Santa Fe Conservation Trust and NM Writers. She and her husband enjoy exploring New England when visiting family in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her first book, National Parks and the Supreme Court: Groundbreaking Legal Battles, will be published in August 2026.
Carla Chung Mattix
Carla Chung Mattix served as an attorney for the National Park Service at the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, from 1995 to 2021. She worked in the Washington, D.C. headquarters office and later in the San Francisco and Santa Fe offices. Carla provided legal counsel and litigation support in the areas of natural resources law, environmental law, historic and archeological preservation, intellectual property, museum collections, historic tax credits, and Native American matters. She holds a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Boston University, and is a member of the New Mexico, Virginia, and D.C. bars.
Carla lives in Santa Fe with her husband. She is a board member of the Santa Fe Conservation Trust and NM Writers. She and her husband enjoy exploring New England when visiting family in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her first book, National Parks and the Supreme Court: Groundbreaking Legal Battles, will be published in August 2026.