Roberta Cooper Ramo Receives ABA’s Highest Honor
On August 1, 2015, Roberta Cooper Ramo, shareholder at Modrall Sperling, was awarded the ABA Medal at the General Assembly of the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago. …
Mia Kern on Advisory Committee for Children’s Law
Mia Kern, an associate with Modrall Sperling, has been tapped to serve on a University of New Mexico School of Law Advisory Committee charged with designing a new…
Tiffany Roach Martin Receives AV® Rating
Tiffany Roach Martin has achieved a rating of AV® from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available based on a peer review. Tiffany maintains an active and diverse civil litigation practice focused on…
Enforceability of Arbitration Provisions in Agreements with Tribes or Tribal Entities
Over the past few years, federal courts have seen an influx of cases involving challenges to “payday” lending agreements referencing tribal law or courts, and involving Western Sky Financial, LLC and/or related entities or persons. Some of these agreements include an arbitration…
Joan Drake Named Chair of New Mexico First
Joan E. Drake, a Modrall Sperling shareholder, has been named Chair of the Board of Directors for New Mexico First, a non-partisan public policy organization that engages people…
Two Named Top 250 Women in Litigation
Jennifer Anderson and Samantha Adams have been named to Benchmark Litigation’s prestigious list of the Top 250 Women in Litigation 2015 for the fourth consecutive year. Benchmark’s editors report, “Jennifer Anderson is…
EEOC Recommends Pro-active Training and Well-defined Policies to Help Employers Protect Themselves Against Costly Employment Lawsuits
Modrall Sperling attorneys Megan Muirhead and Jennifer Anderson recently sat down with local EEOC director Derick Newton to discuss best practices for New Mexico businesses. Director Newton’s number one recommendation for New Mexico businesses is to have “ongoing trainings” and “well-defined policies which…
Summer Associates Visit Albuquerque Museum
Modrall Sperling’s summer associates took a well-deserved break to visit one of the area’s major cultural icons, The Albuquerque Museum. A docent led them on a special tour…
Farm and Ranch Worker Exclusion from the Workers’ Compensation Act Declared Unconstitutional
On June 22, 2015, the Court of Appeals of the State of New Mexico declared the farm and ranch workers exclusion from the Workers’ Compensation Act to violate the Equal Protection Clause and therefore is unconstitutional pursuant to the New Mexico Constitution….
Jurisdiction over Suits Against Tribal Entities or Employers
Federal courts must often grapple with the question of jurisdiction over claims brought by a plaintiff against a tribal entity or tribe pursuant to statutes of general applicability, such as the Civil Rights Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”)…