Lawyers
Tim L. Fields - Shareholder
I practice in the following areas:
Commercial Litigation, Healthcare, Insurance, Litigation, Products Liability, Railroads, Torts/Personal Injury
Practice
Mr. Fields is the Chair of the Firm's Tort/Product Liability/Railroad Group for the Litigation Department. He works primarily in civil personal injury defense litigation, including nursing home/healthcare litigation, products liability, railroad litigation, medical malpractice, toxic exposure litigation, personal injury accidents and FELA. His practice also includes insurance coverage, complex litigation, and commercial intellectual property disputes.
Representative Cases
- Sanchez v. Memorial General Hospital, 110 N.M. 683, 798 P.2d 1069 (Ct. App.), cert. denied (1990) (regarding fraudulent application defense in a workers' compensation case)
- Maxwell v. Sunwest, 108 N.M. 65, 766 P.2d 909 (1988) (regarding a civil RICO cause of action)
- Lopez v. Southwest, 114 N.M. 2, 833 P.2d 1183 (Ct. App.), cert. denied (1992) (regarding medical malpractice involving a severely brain damaged infant)
- Thornton v. AT&SF, 11 F. Supp. 2d 1311 (D.N.M. 1997) (regarding FELA lawsuit)
- Largo v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co., 41 P.3d 347, 2002-NMCA-021, 131 N.M. 608 (regarding federal preemption of train operations and crossing protection)
- Santa Fe Technologies v. Nash, et al., 42 P.3d 1221, 131 N.M. 722, 2002-NMCA-030 (regarding personal jurisdiction and enforceability of arbitration agreement related to commercial dispute)
Professional Activities
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- American Bar Association Sections of Litigation and Tort & Insurance
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- Albuquerque Bar Association
- New Mexico Defense Association
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell BV Peer Review Rated
- The Best Lawyers in America® 2008, Railroad Law
Public Service
Lieutenant, U.S. Coast Guard 1980-1985
Education
- Georgetown University, J.D., cum laude, 1986
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy, B.S. (civil engineering), cum laude, 1980
