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Community Involvement
I have always been actively involved in
our community as a volunteer and I have been recognized for my
leadership in the legal profession in New Mexico.
My leadership, my efforts to build a
better community and my dedication to the highest professional
standards are reflected in my involvement in the following
organizations:
- AV rated in Martindale-Hubbell
- Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate both nationally
(N.B.T.A.) and in New Mexico
- Member of New Mexico Committee on Certification of Trial
Advocacy (2004 -)
- New Mexico State Bar - State Bar Commissioner for First
District (1989 to 1991)
- Disciplinary Counsel
- Medical Legal Panel (1983-)
- Colorado State Bar
- President, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
(1991/1992)
- Founder of Defense News, the publication of the N.M.D.L.A.
- Commissioner, Labor and Industrial Commission (2005-)
- New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
- International Association of Special Investigation Units,
I.A.S.I.U. - Counsel to NM Chapter, 1997-2005
- Member of the Superintendent of Insurance’s Advisory Group
on Insurance Fraud (1999 to 2001, 2003-2005)
- International Association of Arson Investigators, I.A.A.I. -
Counsel to New Mexico Chapter
- New Mexico Governor's Arson Task Force (1984 -1986)
- Nursing Home Litigation Task Force (2000-2003)
- P.L.R.B. Committee Chair and Speaker (1994 - 2002)
- Arbitrator, Mediator, CDRS certification
- H. Vearle Payne Inns of Court, Master Bencher; several local
civic organizations frequent speaker in and out of state to
adjusters, investigators, lawyers and organizations on insurance
issues, bad faith and trial practice.
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