Practice Areas: White Collar Crime, Criminal Law, Personal Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Professional License Defense, Civil Rights, Employment, and Accidents with Catastrophic and Serious Injuries

Admitted: 1972, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1975, New Mexico and U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School: Temple University, J.D., 1972

College: Temple University, B.B.A., 1968

Member: State Bar of New Mexico; New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice (formerly ATLA); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; NORML Legal Committee; The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Trial Lawyers – New Mexico (Civil and Criminal); Oliver Seth American Inn of Court, Master of the Bench; Top Rated Lawyers, New Mexico

Biography: Counsel of Record, Wilson v. Garcia, 471 U.S. 261 (1985). Acting District Public Defender, First Judicial District, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1975–1976. Assistant Attorney General, State of New Mexico, 1976–1978 (Special Prosecutions Division prosecuting public corruption cases). Member, State Bar of New Mexico Specialization Board, 1982–1986. Member, 1986–1993 and Chairman, 1991–1993, New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization. Elected Member, Santa Fe City Council, 1992–1996. Member, City of Santa Fe Home Rule Charter Commission, 1997; Member, City of Santa Fe Home Rule Charter Review Commission, 2012-2013