Practice Areas - Administrative
- Commercial Litigation
- Franchise Litigation
- Tort
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- Lobbying
- Products Liability
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| University | University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1965 |
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| Law School | University of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1968 |
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| Admitted | 1968, Texas; 1969, New Mexico; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, Court of Federal Claims |
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| Memberships | State Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Sections of Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation; Forum on Franchising); International Association of Defense Counsel. |
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| Born | Lubbock, Texas, August 15, 1943 |
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| Biography | Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2009; Southwest Super Lawyer, 2009. Member and Chairman, New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence, 1972-1993. Member, Senate of the State of New Mexico, 1973-1978. Outstanding Young Lawyer of New Mexico, 1975-1976. U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico, 1978-1982. Member, 1980-1982 and Chairman, 1981, U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. Listed in Who's Who in America. Member, 1992— and Chairman, 2005—, Board of Directors for Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company. State Bar of New Mexico's Outstanding Contribution Award, 1993. Chairman, Litigation Department, 1993-1998. President, Modrall, Sperling, 2006—. Co-Author, New Mexico Reporter's Handbook on Media Law, 2001. Member, New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 2005—. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy) |
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| Reported Cases | Skaggs v. Conoco, Arc. 125 N.M. 97, 957 P.2d 526 (1998); El Paso Production Co. v. PWG Partnership, 116 N.M. 583, 866 P.2d 311 (1993); cert. den. 114 S. Ct. 2678, Maxwell v. Wilson, 108 N.M. 65, 766 P.2d 909 (1988); Mendoza v. Gallup Independent Co., 107 N.M. 721, 764 P.2d 492 (Ct. App. 1988); Sunwest Bank of Roswell, N.A. v. Miller's Performance Warehouse, Inc., et al., 112 N.M. 492, 816 P.2d 1114, 27ALR 5th 949 (1991) |
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| ISLN | 903164694 |
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