Professional Experience: Mr. Lasater is a director in the Albuquerque office. He serves as the Health Law Section group practice leader for the Firm. His professional experience is in health law and litigation. His specialty is in litigating professional and managed care liability claims and a wide variety of other health care issues. Mr. Lasater's clients include tertiary and rural hospitals, physicians, skilled and long-term care facilities, and other health care providers. He renders advice to clients in such areas as bioethics, products liability, risk management and credentialing. He currently serves on the Medical-Legal Liaison Committee and the New Mexico Medical Review Commission. Mr. Lasater has lectured on many health law topics including "Legal Aspects of Perinatal Medicine", "Legal Conundrums of Cancer Screening", EMTALA, and "Nursing Home Liability". Mr. Lasater has achieved the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating. Mr. Lasater is listed in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005-2006) under litigation: general commercial and in (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) under litigation: medical malpractice and insurance defense. Chambers said, "He is considered the father of medical malpractice law in New Mexico. Indeed, he is one of the top defense lawyers in the state, litigating professional and managed care liability claims and assisting with a broad range of other health care matters." Mr. Lasater has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for more than 20 years for his expertise in medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation. He is also listed in Southwest Super Lawyers-2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 for his expertise and experience in personal injury defense: medical malpractice. Professional Memberships & Activities: · American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow · American Board of Trial Advocates - Past National Delegate · American Health Lawyers Association - Arbitrator · American Bar Association · State Bar of New Mexico · State Bar of Kansas · Albuquerque Bar Association · New Mexico Bar - Health Law Section - Past Chairman |