Lori M. Bencoe

Licensed and practicing trial lawyer in New Mexico for 19 years.
Tried approximately 10 jury trials and assisted with others.
Investigated hundreds of potential claims against health care corporations and other types of corporations and insurance companies.
Filed suit and mediated hundreds of claims for people against insurance companies and healthcare corporations, involving complex medical and legal issues.
Avid researcher and writer.
Experienced in all aspects of civil litigation.
Obtained multiple multi-million dollar settlements for clients in wrongful death, medical malpractice, brain injury, and catastrophic personal injury claims in New Mexico.
First female partner at prior law firm (employed there for 12 years before founding Bencoe Law Firm).

New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, member 1991 – date
- Board of Directors 2002 – date
- Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-2008
American Association for Justice, member/sustaining member 1995 – date
Inn of Court, Master Bencher
National Association of Professional Executive Women, 2010
Licensed to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
Licensed by the State Bar of New Mexico

University of New Mexico Law School
- Juris Doctor in 1993
- Article Editor,New Mexico Law Review
- Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing Program
University of Arizona, Tuscon
- B.A. in Communications summa cum laude & with Honors, 1990
- Member Phi Beta Kappa honor society
- Rhodes Scholarship semi-finalist
- Full music scholarship (oboe)
- Minor in Music Performance (oboe)
- Member Mortar Board honor society
Del Norte High School Graduate with Honors, 1985

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