Education

• 1990, B.A. Economics, University of Colorado, Boulder
  
• 1990-1992, Legislative Assistant, Senator Pete V. Domenici, Washington D.C.
  
• 1995, J.D., University of New Mexico School of Law Author: "The International Criminal Court and the Crime of Aggression," 64 Nordic Journal of International Law, p. 223 (1995)
  
• 1995-present, McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love, P.A.

Practice Areas

• Plaintiffs' Catastrophic Injury
• Premises Liability
• Medical Malpractice
• Sexual Assault
• Products Liability
• Nursing Home Negligence
• Criminal Defense
  
  
• Ratings by other Lawyers:
  • Best Lawyers in America (derived from Lawyer survey)
    
    
• Memberships: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
  
  
• New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association
  
  • Member of Board of Directors, 1998 - 2005
  • Treasurer, 2001-2002
  • Columnist for the NMTLA Journal, 2002 - 2005
    
    
• Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico Law School, 2003 - 2005
  
  
• Reported Case: State v. Nunez, 129 NM 163, 2 P.3rd 264 (1999) (as amicus curiae for the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
  
  
• Regular speaker at continuing legal education seminars 1999-present with an emphasis in legal presentation technology and crime victims' rights

Allegra@McGinnLaw.com