Lawyers
R.E. Thompson - Shareholder
I practice in the following areas:
Antitrust, Class Action and Mass Torts, Commercial Litigation, Education, Healthcare, Insurance, Litigation, Lobbying, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Torts/Personal Injury, Appellate Cases
Practice
Mr. Thompson works primarily in civil litigation involving commercial disputes, products liability, class actions, malpractice, negligence, insurance and nursing homes. He also handles administrative law hearings and lobbies extensively for many of the firm's clients before the New Mexico legislature. He is Board Certified in New Mexico as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Representative Cases
- Skaggs v. Conoco, Inc., 125, N.M. 97, 957, P.2d 526 (1998)
- El Paso Prod. Co. v. PWG Partnership, 866 P.2d 311 (1993)
- Maxwell v. Wilson, 766 P.2d 909 (1988); Mendoza v. Gallup Independent Co., 764 P.2d 492 (1988)
- Sunwest Bank of Roswell v. Miller's Performance Warehouse, 816 P.2d 1114 (1991)
- Reynolds v. United States, 643 F.2d 707 (1981)
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- National Association of Former United States Attorneys
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Member, Board of Directors of Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company (1992-present)
- Chairman, Litigation Department, 1993-1998
- Co-Author, New Mexico Reporters Handbook on Media Law, 2001
- Member, New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure (2005-____)
- President of the firm (2007-____)
Public Service
- New Mexico Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Evidence - Chair (1972-1993)
- New Mexico State Senator (1973-1978)
- Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair (1977-1978)
- Member, Senate Finance Committee; National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1975-1978)
- United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico (1978-1982)
- United States Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys (1980-1981, Chair 1981)
- Hearing Committee Chair for The Disciplinary Board, an agency of the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico (1984 to present)
- State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, Out of State Liaison, 2006-
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1968
- University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., 1965
- Not Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Honors
- Selected as a Southwest Super Lawyer®, 2007-2008 (derived from a lawyer survey) in the areas of Personal Injury Defense: General, Government/Cities/Municipalities, Administrative Law
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Governmental Relations, 2006-present
- Outstanding Young Men of America (1973)
- Outstanding Young Lawyer of New Mexico (1976)
- Who's Who in America (1980 to present)
- New Mexico State Bar Association Outstanding Contribution Award (1993)
Bar Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States District Court for the District of New Mexico,
- All New Mexico courts
