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R. E. Thompson

R. E. Thompson

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Modrall, Sperling, Roehl,
Harris & Sisk, P.A.

500 4th Street NW, Suite 1000, Bank of America Centre, P.O. Box 2168
Albuquerque, New Mexico  87103-2168
(Bernalillo Co.)

Telephone: 505-848-1800
Fax: 505-848-1891
http://www.modrall.com



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Practice AreasAdministrative; Commercial Litigation; Franchise Litigation; Insurance; Lobbying; Products Liability; Tort
 
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin, J.D., 1968, University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1965
 
Admitted1968, Texas; 1969, New Mexico; 1974, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, Court of Federal Claims
 
MembershipsState Bar of Texas; American Bar Association (Sections of Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation; Forum on Franchising); International Association of Defense Counsel.
 
BornLubbock, Texas, August 15, 1943
 
BiographyListed 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)
 
Reported CasesSkaggs 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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