Lawyers

Ken Harrigan

Kenneth L. Harrigan - Shareholder

I practice in the following areas:
Civil Rights, Class Action and Mass Torts, Commercial Litigation, Insurance, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Torts/Personal Injury

Practice

Practice is concentrated primarily in complex business and tort litigation, including breach of contract and other commercial disputes, product liability, insurance, malpractice, aviation, and negligence.

Representative Cases

Fitch v. Beech Aircraft Corporation
Burlbaw v. New Mexico State University
Glenborough Corp. v. Sherman and Howard
Sawtell v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.
Baker v. BP
Morgan v. Line, Bancroft, et al

Professional Activities

Former Chair of Modrall Sperling's Litigation Department
Member of firm's Executive Committee
Vice-President of firm; former Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico Law School (trial practice)
Taught trial skills at local, regional, and national seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA), New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, Law Education Institute, and the Bureau of National Affairs
Member International Association of Defense Counsel; member Defense Research Institute.

Honors

Martindale Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated
Named in Chambers USA 2007 Directories of America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: General Commercial
Selected as one of "The Top 25 New Mexico Super Lawyers" (2007)
Selected as a Southwest Super Lawyer®, 2007-2008 (derived from a lawyer survey) in the areas of Business Litigation, Personal Injury Defense: General, Personal Injury Defense: Products
Listed in Best Lawyers in America (personal injury litigation, business litigation, and bet the company litigation) (derived from a lawyer survey)
Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers 1984 - present (New Mexico State Committee Chair 1994-96)
Listed in Who's Who in American Law; member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (President of the New Mexico Chapter 1992)
Listed in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America (2006)
Selected as one of the "Top Lawyers in Albuquerque" (as compiled by Albuquerque the Magazine) (2007).

Publications

"Deposing Expert Witnesses" published by The Defense Research Institute
New Mexico contributing editor to Product Liability Desk Reference- A Fifty State Compendium
New Mexico contributing co-editor to Business Torts Desk Reference
"A Focus on the Theory of Strict Liability" Inside the Minds: Product Liability Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Interpreting Laws, Negotiating Settlements, and Litigating Cases. Aspatore Books, August 2006 (ISBN: 1596225270).