Rating by other lawyers:
Received Best Lawyers "Albuquerque Best Plaintiff's Personal Injury Litigator" award, 2015
Voted by other lawyers for rating "Best Lawyers in America" ten plus years
AV-Preeminent peer review rated through Martindale-Hubbell five plus years
Super Lawyer rating five plus years
National Trial Lawyer's "Top 100"
Published
Allegra's article "Spoliation in the Digital Age" was published in the January, 2019 American Association of Justice, Trial Magazine.
Experience and Education
Opened sole-practioner office 2018
Prior 22 years (Partner 17 years) McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love PA
Author: "The International Criminal Court and the Crime of Aggression," 64 Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 223 (1995)
1995 earned Juris Doctorate, University of New Mexico Law School
1990-1992, Legislative Assistant, Senator Pete V. Domenici, Washington D.C.
1990 earned B.A. of Economics, University of Colorado-Boulder
Memberships, Appointments & Service
New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association (NMTLA), Board of Directors
American Association for Justice (AAJ)
Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico Law School, 2003 - 2005
Prior appointed member of Judicial Nominating Commission and Rules Committees
Reported Case: State v. Nunez, 129 NM 163, 2 P.3rd 264 (1999) (as amicus curiae for the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Regularly invited speaker at continuing legal education seminars nationwide, 1999-present with an emphasis in legal presentation and demonstrative exhibits
Admitted Courts
New Mexico State Court, Court of Appeals, Supreme Court
New Mexico Federal Court, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Pro hoc vice admissions: Colorado State Court, Minnesota Federal Court, California State Court
Admitted to the State of Vermont Bar
