Bencoe & LaCour Law

Sustaining member of the American Association of Justice (AAJ) (formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association)
Board member of the New Mexico Trial Lawyers Foundation/Association
Member in good standing of the New Mexico State Bar
Member of St. Stevens United Methodist Church

Lori M. Bencoe was born in Albuquerque in 1967.
She is a second-generation native New Mexican.
After graduating from Del Norte High School in
1985, Lori attended the University of Arizona in
Tucson on a music performance scholarship. Lori
majored in communications and minored in music
performance, served as a member of phi beta
kappa and Mortar Board, and graduated magna
cum laude and with honors. Lori obtained her law
degree from the University of New Mexico in 1993.

At UNM, Lori was a member of the UNM Law
Review publication, and focused on courses
emphasizing civil procedure and litigation.
Lori has dedicated her entire legal career to helping
people who are injured by the carelessness of
others. During school, Lori took various jobs with
personal injury firms to learn about the legal process
and the effect it had on everyone involved.

Since she became licensed in 1993, Lori has
worked as a lawyer to obtain justice for people and
families who suffer serious injuries or losses caused
by carelessness, neglect or greed of companies and
those in positions of power.

Lori has taught continuing legal education courses for the National Business Institute, the New Mexico
Trial Lawyers Association and the New Mexico State Bar's Paralegal Division. Lori has also attended
advanced trial advocacy training courses offered by the American Association for Justice, and has
audited nursing courses at CNM (formerly TV-I).

Lori and her husband Dave have been married since 1991, and have one son together. When she is not
litigating, Lori enjoys gardening, cooking, movies and attending her son's sporting activities.