PRACTICE AREAS

Products Liability (Firm Practice Group Chair)

Professional Liability

Medical Malpractice and Healthcare

Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

EDUCATION

University of New Mexico, J.D., 1974: Margaret Keiper Dailey Award

University of New Mexico, B.A., History, 1971

BAR ADMISSIONS

Arizona, 1998

New Mexico, 1974

U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1998

U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico, 1974

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1974

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association

State Bar of Arizona

New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association: Past President

ALFA International: Products Liability Practice Group Steering Committee

HONORS AND AWARDS

Super Lawyers^®: 2011

The Best Lawyers in America^®: Arizona, 2012 (Product Liability Defense); New Mexico, 1993-1996

PUBLICATIONS

Regional Editor, “Product Liability Cases and the Duty to Warn: A 50-State Compendium,” DRI Publications

Course Book Editor, Product Liability Seminar, ALFA International, 2004

Contributor, “Compendium of Products Liability Law Issues,” ALFA International, 2004

PRESENTATIONS

"Depositions of CEOs and General Counsel: How to Avoid Them and How to Handle Them" (panel moderator), ALFA International Tele-Seminar, September 2009

"Preparing the Company Witness for Deposition," ALFA International Product Liability Practice Group Seminar, November 2008

REPORTED DECISIONS

Richter v. Van Amberg, 97 F. Supp. 2d 1255 (D. N.M. 2000)

United Nuclear Corp. v. Cranford Ins. Co., 905 F.2d 1424 (10th Cir. 1990)

Martinez v. U.S. Olympic Committee, 802 F.2d 1275 (10th Cir. 1986)

Daniell v. Ford Motor Co., Inc., 581 F. Supp. 728 (D. N.M. 1984)

Joseph A. by Wolfe v. New Mexico Dept. of Human Services, 575 F. Supp. 346 (D. N.M. 1982)

Delta Automatic Systems, Inc. v. Bingham, 126 N.M. 717, 974 P.2d 1174 (1999)

Trujillo v. City of Albuquerque, 125 N.M. 721, 965 P.2d 305 (1998)

Enriquez v. Cochran, 126 N.M. 196, 967 P.2d 1136 (1998)

Matter of Will of Coe, 113 N.M. 355, 826 P.2d 576 (1992)

Calkins v. Cox Estates, 110 N.M. 59, 792 P.2d 36 (1990)

TRIAL EXPERIENCE

Lead counsel in over 200 jury trials in products liability, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, professional liability, and personal injury cases

AWAY FROM THE OFFICE

Jack serves on the executive committee and school board of All Saints Episcopal Day School. He is a frequent speaker at local and national seminars on such topics as preparing the company witness for deposition; use of protective orders; subsequent remedial measures; Arizona law update on legal malpractice; and paralegal skills. He and Kathy contribute time and money to several charities including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Ryan House, and Hospice of the Valley.