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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
- New Mexico Section of
Southwest Super Lawyers
- 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 –over 70 cases successfully mediated
- 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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