Welcome to my website. This site’s primary purpose is to inform you of my professional services as a mediator, arbitrator, hearing officer, or special master in the areas known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), under my trade name, The Apodaca Law Firm. My principal office is located in the Austin, Texas area, serving not only central Texas but the entire state. Presently, I offer ADR services (mediation and arbitration) mostly in New Mexico and Texas but am available for such services elsewhere. For information on my services as mediator or arbitrator and my fee schedule for those services, please click here ADR SERVICES or on the button on the left. My “BIO” can be reviewed by clicking here BACKGROUND or on the button on the left. Additional and more detailed information is available at Everipedia: Wiki-Bio of Rudy Apodaca

    I’m happy to announce that my fifth novel, A Life Uninvited, was published by Sunstone Press on December 24, 2025. It is a story of the prisoners who survived brutalities during their imprisonment by the Japanese in the Philippines, a living testimony to human tenacity and the will to survive. Their incredible story is one of triumph over adversity, as well as of human fraility, strength, and foregiveness. I am fortunate that the book has received positive pre–publication endorsements and praise. You can find more about A Life Uninvited by clicking here: A Life Uninvited or on the button on the left. The book is now available in electronic format and in both softcover and hardcover editions (by special order if not stocked by your local bookstore) and can be ordered online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or other online book outlets.

    My fourth novel, When the Angels Came, was published on December 19, 2022. The book’s tale of characters living in the world of southern New Mexico, a culture rarely written about, will, I hope, engage readers from all walks of life. It is the story of a 12–year–old boy and the old man who befriends him in the little town of San Miguel. Here again, the book received positive pre-publication endorsements and praise.You can find out more about When the Angels Came by clicking here: When the Angels Came or on the button on the left. The book is available in electronic format and in both softcover and hardcover editions (by special order if not stocked by your local bookstore) and can be ordered online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble or other book outlets.

    I’ve authored another novel, my third novel, A Rare Thing, which was released/published on December 18, 2011. It is a coming–of–age story set in the 1950s and 1960s in the small town of San Carlos in southern New Mexico. I am most fortunate that the book has received positive pre-publication endorsements and praise. You can find more about A Rare Thing by clicking here A Rare Thing or on the button on the left. The book is available at bookstores (by special order if not stocked) or can be ordered online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble or other book outlets.

    I’ve authored another novel, my second one,Pursuit, a suspense thriller published in 2003 and which also received pre-publication endorsements. You can read about Pursuit and find out how to order it by clicking here PURSUIT or on the button on the left. This book is available at bookstores (by special order if not stocked) or can be ordered online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

My first novel, The Waxen Image, written in 1977, is out of print but can be found online on Amazon and other book outlets.     If you click here PUBLICATIONS I or on the Publications I button on the left, you’ll find information on various published essays, articles, and speeches I’ve delivered.

    If you click here PUBLICATIONS II or on the Publications II button on the left, you’ll find information on additional essays of mine published as guest columns in the Austin American-Statesman, the San Antonio Express-News, the Houston Chronicle, or otherwise written for publication as op-ed pieces.

    You may contact me by phone, text, or “snail” mail at the number or address listed under CONTACT ME (click here or on button on the left). To e-mail me, just click on the E-MAIL button on that same page. Have a great day and thanks for visiting my website!