Lori Bencoe

Licensed and practicing trial lawyer in New Mexico for 20 years
Litigated and mediated hundreds of claims for people against insurance companies and healthcare corporations, involving complex medical and legal issues
Investigated hundreds of potential claims against health care corporations and other types of corporations and insurance companies
Obtained multiple multi-million dollar settlements for clients in wrongful death, medical malpractice, brain injury, and catastrophic personal injury claims in New Mexico
Tried approximately 10 jury trials and assisted with others
Avid researcher and writer
Experienced in all aspects of civil litigation First female partner at prior law firm (employed there for 12 years before founding Bencoe Law Firm in 2004)

New Mexico Trial Association
- Member, 1991 - present
- Board of Directors 2002 - present
- Secretary/Treasurer, 2007-2008
American Association for Justice
- Member, 1995 - present
- Litigation and medical malpractice section member
New Mexico Medical Review Commission volunteer, 2004 - present
National Association of Professional Executive Women, 2010
New Mexico State Courts
U.S. District Court, District 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, Tucson Arizona
- Graduated 1990 with Honors and magna cum laude
- Major in communications
- Minor in music performance (attended on full music scholarship - oboe)
- Phi Beta Kappa honor society
- Rhodes Scholar semifinalist
- Mortar Board Honor Society
- Student House Manager, Centennial Hall