Dynamic Trial Lawyers With Passion And Integrity
Biography
- Licensed and practicing attorney in New Mexico for 15 years
- Filed suit and mediated hundreds of claims for people against insurance companies and healthcare corporations, involving complex medical and legal issues
- Assisted attorneys with state and federal trials involving complex litigation issues
- Achieved multiple multi-million dollar settlements for clients in wrongful death, medical malpractice, brain injury, and catastrophic personal injury claims in New Mexico
- Avid researcher and writer
- Experienced in all aspects of civil litigation
Personal Hobbies & Interests
- Spending time with Family
- Reading
- Cooking, gardening
- Traveling & History
Education
- University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma
- J.D. - 05/1997
- Honors: Committee Chair, Student Advisory Board for the Center on Dispute Resolution
- Honors: Vice President, Board of Advocates/Moot Court Board
- Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
- Honors: Conflicts of Law; International & Domestic, Spring 1996
- Honors: Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation, Fall 1996
- Honors: Who's Who: American Law Students, 16th & 17th Editions
- University of Texas, Arlington
- B.S. - 1991
- Major: Political Science
Professional Associations
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 1991 to Present
- American Association for Justice, Member/Sustaining Member, 1995 to Present
- American Association for Justice, Member, Litigation and Medical Negligence Section
- New Mexico Medical Review Commission, Member/Volunteer, 1994 to Present
- National Association of Professional Executive Women, 2010 to 2010
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2002 to Present
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 2007 to 2008
Practice Areas
- Wrongful death
- Medical Malpractice
- Brain injury
- Catastrophic personal injury
Bar Admissions
- New Mexico
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
- U.S. District Court District of New Mexico