Joleen Youngers

Areas of Practice

• Personal Injury (for the injured)
• Motor Vehicle Accidents (for the injured)
• Wrongful Death
• Employment Law (for employers and employees)
• Civil Rights (for the victim)
• Discrimination (for the victim)
• Sexual Harassment
• Premises Liability (for the injured)
• Negligent Security
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Food Poisoning
• Dog Bites
• Commercial Litigation
• Contracts

Litigation Percentage

• 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• New Mexico, 1992
• U.S. District Court District of New Mexico, 1992

Education

• University of New Mexico School of Law, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • J.D. - 1992
  • Honors: Tort Scholar Award
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
  • M.A. - December, 1988
• University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • B.A. - December, 1983
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  • Honors: Graduated with High Distinction

Classes/Seminars

• People's Law School, Dona Ana Branch Community College, 1994 - 1995
• Taking and Defending Depositions, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, May 16, 2002 - May 18, 2002
• Gender Claims in the Workplace, State Bar Legal Assistants Division, September 19, 2002 - Present
• National Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, July 12, 2003 - July 19, 2003
• Employment Law in New Mexico, Lorman Educational Services, August 27, 2004
• Southwest Regional Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, May 15, 2005 - Present
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, October 15, 2005 - October 23, 2005
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, January 26, 2006 - January 28, 2006
• Southwest Deposition Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, May 4, 2006 - May 6, 2006
• National Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006
• Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination: Ethics, Paralegal Division of New Mexico, November 11, 2006 - Present
• Every Lawyer?s Professionalism and Ethics, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, November 17, 2006 - Present
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, January 18, 2007 - January 20, 2007
• Southwest Deposition Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, May 17, 2007 - May 19, 2007
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, October 31, 2008 - November 3, 2008
• Professionalism and Ethics for Every Lawyer, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, November 21, 2008 - Present
• Annual Update on New Mexico Tort Law (Presentation on Tort Claims vs. Government), New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, April 24, 2009 - Present
• Section 1983 Litigation in the 21st Century , American Civil Liberties Union , September 25, 2009 - Present
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, October 31, 2009 - November 4, 2009
• Taking and Defending Depositions, University of New Mexico , March 5, 2010 - March 7, 2010
• Northwest Deposition Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, August 10, 2010 - August 12, 2010
• Pacific Regional Trial Skills, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, October 22, 2010 - October 28, 2010
• 15th Annual Civil Trial Seminar (Employment Law Presentation), El Paso Bar Association, February 18, 2011 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Association for Justice
• National Employment Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
• American Civil Liberties Union
• New Mexico State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa