Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law

Litigation Percentage

• 70% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico
• U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1998
  J.D.
  Honors: ATLA Mock Trial Team, 1998
  Honors: Public Defender Externship, 1998
  Honors: District Attorney Clinic, 1997
  Honors: Summer Institute at Unversidad de Guanajuato, 1997
  
  
• New Mexico State University, Law Cruces, New Mexico, 1994
  B.A.
  Honors: Member of Prelaw Society
  Major: Philosophy with Supplementary major in Law and Society
  Minor: English
  
  

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Albuquerque Bar Association
  
  
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
  Member
  
  
• American Association for Justice
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Whitener Law Firm, 2004 - 2006
• Hatch, Allen & Shepherd, Associate Attorney, 2002 - 2004
• New Mexico Public Defender Dept., Felony Attorney, 2001 - 2002
• New Mexico Court of Appeals, Judge T. Glenn Ellington, Law Clerk, 2000
• New Mexico Public Defender Dept., Metro Attorney, 1998 - 2000
• New Mexico Public Defender Dept., Student Extern, 1998
• Professors Barbara Bergman and James Ellis, UNM School of Law, Law Clerk, 1997 - 1998
• Freedman, Boyd, Daniels, Hollandner, Guttman & Goldberg, P.A., Law Clerk, 1997
• Professor Red Occhialino, UNM School of Law, Law Clerk
• Lamberton & Riedel, Attorney at Law, Runner/Law Clerk, 1994 - 1996
• Law Office of Michael E. Vigil, Runner, 1990 - 1993

Pro Bono Activities

• Mock Trial Coach Sandia High School, 2004 - Present
• Consumer Protection, Attorney General Office, 1994 - 1995

Birth Information

• Santa Fe, New Mexico