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John A. Klecan
SHAREHOLDER
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. |